I just wanted to spread some positive and truthful information in light of recent news that Australians have lost at least $36 million dollars to internet money scams.

Without ruling out the divine hand of God bringing finance into a situation, here are some guidelines for receiving money via email or internet.

  • If you receive and email offering you/blessing you/giving you money it is a scam.
  • If you’ve never met the person it is a scam. - If you have never heard of the price/princess/king/queen/
president/prime minister it is a scam. - If you have heard of the head of state it is still a scam. - If they use christianese it is a scam. - If they refer to you as a brother or sister in christ it is a scam. - If they are from Russia or Nigeria it is definitely a scam. - If they say it isn't a scam, it is a scam. - If they need you to give them bank or credit card details it is a scam. - If they need any amount of money from you it is a scam.

Instead of forwarding on the emails about false viruses and other rubbish, please forward this on to people you care about. Because as you can read in the below news article released today, people are getting ripped off everyday, please don’t let you be that person.

And if you do want to be ripped off or depart with thousands of dollars from your bank account, rather than give it to a Nigerian scammer, mail it to SURFCiTY Church instead, we’ll put it to much better use in Surfers Paradise doing what God has called us to do.

News Article: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/technology/scammers-fleece-36m-a-year/2008/08/20/1218911776237.html