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Nigerian Bible Scam  

 

by Barbara Brabec  

 

 

 

Your church may be a target for scammers who want Bibles they can sell in Nigeria on the black market. A reader reports on a scam perpetrated on her church.  

 

 

"A couple of years ago," writes Christine in North Carolina, "our church was contacted by an "Elder Israel Osawe" of Nigeria who asked if we could donate a couple dozen giant print KJV Bibles (new or used) for use by older members of his church who couldn’t afford to buy Bibles.  

 

 

"He said they were actually searching in the trash dumpsters for these Bibles and, of course, that would strike a sympathetic nerve with churchgoers. It was my job to gather the Bibles. I maintained communication with this man by e-mail and he sent all kinds of e-mails about how they were praying for us, and how God had specifically revealed to them that our church would help them. What raised my suspicion was when, to my strong objection, they made me the international president of their ministry without even meeting me, and began begging me for money for canoes, bicycles, and a laptop computer.  

 

"So I began some investigation on my own and actually found Israel Osawe's name on a scammer's web site. Thank God we found out this information before sending the Bibles or anything else for that matter. Until this happened, I didn’t know there was a black market for KJV Bibles in Nigeria. After arriving in Nigeria, the Bibles we almost sent would have been sold on the black market and the money would have been pocketed by the scammers."  

 

Christine’s research revealed that this is a subgenre of the scam that uses fraudulent credit card information to order Bibles from Christian bookstores. And it’s a scam that continues today. "Even though there is not a great monetary loss in the above scam, the spiritual loss can be great for those compassionate individuals who are sending bibles to those who they feel need them," adds Christine.  

 

After receiving Christine's report, I Googled Osawe’s name and came up with the following links. The third one was particularly interesting:  

 

NigerianBiblesScammers.homestead.com  

Freightcenter.com 

Matthew J. Brosious 

 

VibrationData.com - Visit this page to get a detailed account of how Edomwande Austine (or Austine Edomwande, as he often reverses it), posing as Israel Osawe, conned one Christian man to send not only a couple of batches of Bibles, but money for airfare to come to America. By reading the communications this particular man received, you can see how these con artists cleverly play on people’s emotions over a long period of time. After they have built a level of trust, they begin to ask for more and more things while setting them up for the "kill" – the request for big bucks.  

 

VibrationData.com/scam - On this Web page, you’ll find a chart of various scams using the Christian faith ("crimes of persuasion") with a summary of the e-mail scam and the country of origin.  

 

REMEMBER . . . Nigerian con artists are constantly preying on Christians, Christian book stores, and small businesses on the Web. Unfortunately, many tender souls fall victim to their schemes, often losing thousands of dollars in the process. Educate yourself to what’s going on here by reading these articles on my personal domain:  

 

Nigerian Scams on the Rise  

 

More Reports from Readers Who Have Been Targeted by Nigerian Con Artists  

 

 

Ship-to Names & Addresses Being Used by Nigerian Scammers

[1] And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision. 

[2] And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see; 

[3] And ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; 

[4] That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. 

[5] And he ran unto Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou calledst me. And he said, I called not; lie down again. And he went and lay down. 

[6] And the LORD called yet again, Samuel. And Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And he answered, I called not, my son; lie down again. 

[7] Now Samuel did not yet know the LORD, neither was the word of the LORD yet revealed unto him. 

[8] And the LORD called Samuel again the third time. And he arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for thou didst call me. And Eli perceived that the LORD had called the child. 

[9] Therefore Eli said unto Samuel, Go, lie down: and it shall be, if he call thee, that thou shalt say, Speak, LORD; for thy servant heareth. So Samuel went and lay down in his place. 

[10] And the LORD came, and stood, and called as at other times, Samuel, Samuel. Then Samuel answered, Speak; for thy servant heareth. 

[11] And the LORD said to Samuel, Behold, I will do a thing in Israel, at which both the ears of every one that heareth it shall tingle. 

[12] In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. 

[13] For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not. 

[14] And therefore I have sworn unto the house of Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice nor offering for ever. 

[15] And Samuel lay until the morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel feared to shew Eli the vision. 

[16] Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I. 

[17] And he said, What is the thing that the LORD hath said unto thee? I pray thee hide it not from me: God do so to thee, and more also, if thou hide any thing from me of all the things that he said unto thee. 

[18] And Samuel told him every whit, and hid nothing from him. And he said, It is the LORD: let him do what seemeth him good. 

[19] And Samuel grew, and the LORD was with him, and did let none of his words fall to the ground. 

[20] And all Israel from Dan even to Beer-sheba knew that Samuel was established to be a prophet of the LORD. 

[21] And the LORD appeared again in Shiloh: for the LORD revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD. 

1Sam.4 

 

[1] And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and pitched beside Eben-ezer: and the Philistines pitched in Aphek. 

[2] And the Philistines put themselves in array against Israel: and when they joined battle, Israel was smitten before the Philistines: and they slew of the army in the field about four thousand men. 

[3] And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies. 

[4] So the people sent to Shiloh, that they might bring from thence the ark of the covenant of the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth between the cherubims: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. 

[5] And when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came into the camp, all Israel shouted with a great shout, so that the earth rang again. 

[6] And when the Philistines heard the noise of the shout, they said, What meaneth the noise of this great shout in the camp of the Hebrews? And they understood that the ark of the LORD was come into the camp. 

[7] And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore. 

[8] Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness. 

[9] Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight. 

[10] And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen. 

[11] And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain. 

[12] And there ran a man of Benjamin out of the army, and came to Shiloh the same day with his clothes rent, and with earth upon his head. 

[13] And when he came, lo, Eli sat upon a seat by the wayside watching: for his heart tremb

1Sam.1 

 

[1] Now there was a certain man of Ramathaim-zophim, of mount Ephraim, and his name was Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Elihu, the son of Tohu, the son of Zuph, an Ephrathite: 

[2] And he had two wives; the name of the one was Hannah, and the name of the other Peninnah: and Peninnah had children, but Hannah had no children. 

[3] And this man went up out of his city yearly to worship and to sacrifice unto the LORD of hosts in Shiloh. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, the priests of the LORD, were there. 

[4] And when the time was that Elkanah offered, he gave to Peninnah his wife, and to all her sons and her daughters, portions: 

[5] But unto Hannah he gave a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah: but the LORD had shut up her womb. 

[6] And her adversary also provoked her sore, for to make her fret, because the LORD had shut up her womb. 

[7] And as he did so year by year, when she went up to the house of the LORD, so she provoked her; therefore she wept, and did not eat. 

[8] Then said Elkanah her husband to her, Hannah, why weepest thou? and why eatest thou not? and why is thy heart grieved? am not I better to thee than ten sons? 

[9] So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the LORD. 

[10] And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore. 

[11] And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no rasor come upon his head. 

[12] And it came to pass, as she continued praying before the LORD, that Eli marked her mouth. 

[13] Now Hannah, she spake in her heart; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard: therefore Eli thought she had been drunken. 

[14] And Eli said unto her, How long wilt thou be drunken? put away thy wine from thee. 

[15] And Hannah answered and said, No, my lord, I am a woman of a sorrowful spirit: I have drunk neither wine nor strong drink, but have poured out my soul before the LORD. 

[16] Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto. 

[17] Then Eli answered and said, Go in peace: and the God of Israel grant thee thy petition that thou hast asked of him. 

[18] And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad. 

[19] And they rose up in the morning early, and worshipped before the LORD, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and the LORD remembered her. 

[20] Wherefore it came to pass, when the time was come about after Hannah had conceived, that she bare a son, and called his name Samuel, saying, Because I have asked him of the LORD. 

[21] And the man Elkanah, and all his house, went up to offer unto the LORD the yearly sacrifice, and his vow. 

[22] But Hannah went not up; for she said unto her husband, I will not go up until the child be weaned, and then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and there abide for ever. 

[23] And Elkanah her husband said unto her, Do what seemeth thee good; tarry until thou have weaned him; only the LORD establish his word. So the woman abode, and gave her son suck until she weaned him. 

[24] And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young. 

[25] And they slew a bullock, and brought the child to Eli. 

[26] And she said, Oh my lord, as thy soul liveth, my lord, I am the woman that stood by thee here, praying unto the LORD. 

[27] For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him: 

[28] Therefore also I have lent him to the LORD; as long as he liveth he shall be lent to the LORD. And he worshipped the LORD there.

FreightCenter Complaint by Freightcenter insider: I lost $900 for the shipping, and about $3000 worth of product. I cuation everyone, this company is dishonest, and you may very well get your shipment destroyed.Review posted by Ken Sullivan on 9/1/2010 2:50:00 PM Rating: 0 stars out of 5Subject: Destroyed 95% of shipmentReview: I tried to get insurance and was jerked around with a website procedure they demanded I use as it gets them completely off the hook. The game is scandalous; they tell you to ensure the paperwork FROM THEM is used when the items are picked up. The truck driver works for a different company and says “I’ve got all the paperwork filled out just sign here” which costs you approximately 30% more. The person loading my cages has no idea of this and signs the paperwork the truck driver has. When they delivered my cages it was obvious they hot them HARD with a fork lift. They were so badly screwed up I salvaged 2 of 15. I consider it a total loss. And of course the paperwork was not filled out on the website for insurance so I was screwed. I really recommend you NOT use Frieghtcenter.com I wasted $900. TOTAL RIP OFF!!! KenKen,You are not the only person Matthew J. Brosious, Louis Capolino and D. Ben Cross have scammed. Report this to the DOT as well as the freight carrier you used and get their rates, tariff and MC authority revoked. You can add to the complaints with the BBB as well as the local television station there in FL: WFLAWFLA-TV P.O. Box 1410 Tampa, FL 33601Sales and administration (813) 228-8888 Newsroom (813) 221-5788See news developing? Email or call our Tipline at 1-800-348-WFLA

God is Love: How do we Define Love?  

 

"God is Love", but how do we define it? The American Heritage Dictionary defines love as "an intense affection for another person based on familial or personal ties". Often this "intense affection" stems from a sexual attraction for that other person. We love other people, or we say we love other people, when we are attracted to them and when they make us feel good. Notice that a key phrase in the dictionary definition of love is the phrase "based on". This phrase implies that we love conditionally; in other words, we love someone because they fulfill a condition that we require before we can love them. How many times have you heard or said, "I love you because you are cute;" or "I love you because you take good care of me;" or "I love you because you are fun to be with"?  

Our love is not only conditional, it is also mercurial. We love based on feelings and emotions that can change from one moment to the next. The divorce rate is extremely high in today's society because husbands and wives supposedly stop loving one another-or they "fall out of love". They may go through a rough patch in their marriage, and they no longer "feel" love for their spouse, so they call it quits. Evidently, their marriage vow of "till death do us part" means they can part at the death of their love for their spouse rather than at their physical death. 

 

Can anyone really comprehend "unconditional" love? It seems the love that parents have for their children is as close to unconditional love as we can get without the help of God's love in our lives. We continue to love our children through good times and bad, and we don't stop loving them if they don't meet the expectations we may have for them. We make a choice to love our children even when we consider them unlovable; our love doesn't stop when we don't "feel" love for them. This is similar to God's love for us, but as we shall see, God's love transcends the human definition of love to a point that is hard for us to comprehend.  

 

God is Love: How does God Define Love?  

 

The Bible tells us that "God is Love" (1 John 4:. But how can we even begin to understand that truth? There are many passages in the Bible that give us God's definition of love. The most well known verse is John 3:16, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." So one way God defines love is in the act of giving. However, what God gave (or should we say, "who" God gave) was not a mere gift-wrapped present; God sacrificed His only Son so that we, who put our faith in His Son, will not spend eternity separated from Him. This is an amazing love, because we are the ones who choose to be separated from God through our own sin, yet it's God who mends the separation through His intense personal sacrifice, and all we have to do is accept His gift.  

 

Another great verse about God's love is found in Romans 5:8, "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." In this verse and in John 3:16, we find no conditions placed on God's love for us. God doesn't say, "as soon as you clean up your act, I'll love you; " nor does He say, "I'll sacrifice my Son if you promise to love Me." In fact, in Romans 5:8, we find just the opposite. God wants us to know that His love is unconditional, so He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for us while we were still unlovable sinners. We didn't have to get clean, and we didn't have to make any promises to God before we could experience His love. His love for us has always existed, and because of that, He did all the giving and sacrificing long before we were even aware that we needed His love.  

 

God is Love: It's Unconditional  

 

God is Love, and His love is very different from human love. God's love is unconditional, and it's not based on feelings or emotions. He doesn't love us because we're lovable or because we make Him feel good; He loves us because He is love. He created us to have a loving relationship with Him, and He sacrificed His own Son (who also willingly died for us) to restore that relationship.

Shannon Steede has begun using the name Stone Steede. Please be aware. He worked for me and is very unethical.

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The posting below is just more proof of the pompous, self righteous atitudes of those who choose to hide their wrongdoings behind the bible. Your wife still loves you , I'm sure, but still recognizes,somewhere inside,your wrongdoings. Same with your God. He surely still loves you Shannon but recognizes your failures as a follower. The hippocryt that you are. Maybe the need to convince yourself that unconditional love exists from somewhere stems from the lack of from your birth mother. Discarded like yesterdays trash or a balled up piece of paper with a series of errors on it. Yeah, that's it you are just a series of errors on a balled-up piece of paper which we call life. Possibly in your eyes God is your eraser, you will find that your mistakes are scrolled in ink and ink doesn't erase very well. You are born of errors and live a life of errors. I guess you can say you are what you are born of.....S#IT. You will always be a loser and a failure because success isn't measured in money.

God is Love: How do we Define Love? 

"God is Love", but how do we define it? The American Heritage Dictionary defines love as "an intense affection for another person based on familial or personal ties". Often this "intense affection" stems from a sexual attraction for that other person. We love other people, or we say we love other people, when we are attracted to them and when they make us feel good. Notice that a key phrase in the dictionary definition of love is the phrase "based on". This phrase implies that we love conditionally; in other words, we love someone because they fulfill a condition that we require before we can love them. How many times have you heard or said, "I love you because you are cute;" or "I love you because you take good care of me;" or "I love you because you are fun to be with"? 

 

Our love is not only conditional, it is also mercurial. We love based on feelings and emotions that can change from one moment to the next. The divorce rate is extremely high in today's society because husbands and wives supposedly stop loving one another-or they "fall out of love". They may go through a rough patch in their marriage, and they no longer "feel" love for their spouse, so they call it quits. Evidently, their marriage vow of "till death do us part" means they can part at the death of their love for their spouse rather than at their physical death. 

 

Can anyone really comprehend "unconditional" love? It seems the love that parents have for their children is as close to unconditional love as we can get without the help of God's love in our lives. We continue to love our children through good times and bad, and we don't stop loving them if they don't meet the expectations we may have for them. We make a choice to love our children even when we consider them unlovable; our love doesn't stop when we don't "feel" love for them. This is similar to God's love for us, but as we shall see, God's love transcends the human definition of love to a point that is hard for us to comprehend. 

 

God is Love: How does God Define Love? 

The Bible tells us that "God is Love" (1 John 4:. But how can we even begin to understand that truth? There are many passages in the Bible that give us God's definition of love. The most well known verse is John 3:16, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." So one way God defines love is in the act of giving. However, what God gave (or should we say, "who" God gave) was not a mere gift-wrapped present; God sacrificed His only Son so that we, who put our faith in His Son, will not spend eternity separated from Him. This is an amazing love, because we are the ones who choose to be separated from God through our own sin, yet it's God who mends the separation through His intense personal sacrifice, and all we have to do is accept His gift. 

 

Another great verse about God's love is found in Romans 5:8, "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." In this verse and in John 3:16, we find no conditions placed on God's love for us. God doesn't say, "as soon as you clean up your act, I'll love you; " nor does He say, "I'll sacrifice my Son if you promise to love Me." In fact, in Romans 5:8, we find just the opposite. God wants us to know that His love is unconditional, so He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die for us while we were still unlovable sinners. We didn't have to get clean, and we didn't have to make any promises to God before we could experience His love. His love for us has always existed, and because of that, He did all the giving and sacrificing long before we were even aware that we needed His love. 

 

God is Love: It's Unconditional 

God is Love, and His love is very different from human love. God's love is unconditional, and it's not based on feelings or emotions. He doesn't love us because we're lovable or because we make Him feel good; He loves us because He is love. He created us to have a loving relationship with Him, and He sacrificed His own Son (who also willingly died for us) to restore that relationship.

I had the unfortunate experience of dealing with Shannon Steede of Freight88.com 

I paid him a deposit to move my items, he kept my $10,000 and filed bankruptcy leaving me holding the bag.