Comments for nsamembernews http://nsamembernews.wordpress.com Just another WordPress.com weblog Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:10:52 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Email Scam Targeting Professional Speakers by Chevy Chevallard http://nsamembernews.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/email-scam-tageting-professional-speakers/#comment-290 Chevy Chevallard Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:10:52 +0000 http://nsamembernews.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-290 I received this very email this morning, 31 October 09. Asked some friends to verify it through Christian church channels and they almost immediately verified it as a SCAM. On this Hallowed Eve, these characters are most certainly NOT Saints. Beware! I received this very email this morning, 31 October 09. Asked some friends to verify it through Christian church channels and they almost immediately verified it as a SCAM. On this Hallowed Eve, these characters are most certainly NOT Saints. Beware!

]]> Comment on Email Scam Targeting Professional Speakers by G James http://nsamembernews.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/email-scam-tageting-professional-speakers/#comment-289 G James Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:03:15 +0000 http://nsamembernews.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-289 I got the same letter, Im very heart broken by these people. They took $860 of my hard earned money. Please do your research before you send any money. Rev Smith , Helen Smith and Darren David have to be stopped. I got the same letter, Im very heart broken by these people. They took $860 of my hard earned money. Please do your research before you send any money. Rev Smith , Helen Smith and Darren David have to be stopped.

]]> Comment on Email Scam Targeting Professional Speakers by G James http://nsamembernews.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/email-scam-tageting-professional-speakers/#comment-288 G James Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:00:44 +0000 http://nsamembernews.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-288 I felt for this scam because I have a passion for my music. I thought this was a great opportunity. They invited me to The London Gospel Awards. I gave them $860 of my money that I really needed. Please be aware of Rev Smith and Darren David in London. I felt for this scam because I have a passion for my music. I thought this was a great opportunity. They invited me to The London Gospel Awards. I gave them $860 of my money that I really needed. Please be aware of Rev Smith and Darren David in London.

]]> Comment on Email Scam Targeting Professional Speakers by G James http://nsamembernews.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/email-scam-tageting-professional-speakers/#comment-287 G James Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:57:23 +0000 http://nsamembernews.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-287 Hello! Im writing because I let my guard down. I sent them $860 of my money. I had the same contract and invitation. But because I have passion for my music, I felt for the scam. I feel so foolish. I hope no one else falls for The Rev Smith , Helen and Darren David scams in London. Im heart broken. Hello! Im writing because I let my guard down. I sent them $860 of my money. I had the same contract and invitation. But because I have passion for my music, I felt for the scam. I feel so foolish. I hope no one else falls for The Rev Smith , Helen and Darren David scams in London. Im heart broken.

]]> Comment on Email Scam Targeting Professional Speakers by Bryc http://nsamembernews.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/email-scam-tageting-professional-speakers/#comment-286 Bryc Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:07:07 +0000 http://nsamembernews.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-286 This is the email I recieved...these people ought to be stopped...I am a Gospel Singer and I take singing for the lord seriously, why would they do something like this. The DEVIL is truly busy. MAY THE PEACE OF THE LORD BE WITH YOU. We are Rev Wenger Smith and Pastor Helen Smith of the London Christian Center located in London. We are writing to invite you to be our performing artist at these year London Gospel Music Awards .After reading through your profile on http://www.unsigned.com/. we say it’s up to standard and we will be very glad to have such an outstanding personality in our mist for these overwhelming gathering. Venue. 752 High Road Leyton, London, E10 6AA, United Kingdom website.www.LondonGospelMusicAwards.org Expected audience: 2500 Email:w.smith@londonyc.org Date 4th of December to 6th December 2009 Host..Rev Wenger Smith and Pastor Helen Smith Tel Phone: + 44 7024069826 Topic: SHOUT OF A KING A formal Letter of invitation and Contract Agreement would be sent to you as soon as you honor our invitation. We are taking care of your traveling and Hotel Accommodations expenses including your fee.Our website is currently under construction .feel free to email or call for more update. Be Blessed Rev Wenger Smith and Pastor Helen Smith Event Organizing Committees London Gospel Music Awards Tel Phone: + 44 7024069826 This is the email I recieved…these people ought to be stopped…I am a Gospel Singer and I take singing for the lord seriously, why would they do something like this. The DEVIL is truly busy.

MAY THE PEACE OF THE LORD BE WITH YOU.

We are Rev Wenger Smith and Pastor Helen Smith of the London
Christian Center located in London. We are writing to invite
you to be our performing artist at these year London Gospel Music Awards
.After reading through your profile on http://www.unsigned.com/.
we say it’s up to standard and we will be very glad to have such an
outstanding personality in our mist for these overwhelming gathering.

Venue.
752 High Road Leyton, London,
E10 6AA, United Kingdom
website.www.LondonGospelMusicAwards.org
Expected audience: 2500
Email:w.smith@londonyc.org
Date 4th of December to 6th December 2009
Host..Rev Wenger Smith and Pastor Helen Smith
Tel Phone: + 44 7024069826
Topic: SHOUT OF A KING

A formal Letter of invitation and Contract Agreement would be sent to you
as soon as you honor our invitation. We are taking care of your traveling
and Hotel Accommodations expenses including your fee.Our website
is currently under construction .feel free to email or call for more
update.

Be Blessed
Rev Wenger Smith and Pastor Helen Smith
Event Organizing Committees
London Gospel Music Awards
Tel Phone: + 44 7024069826

]]> Comment on Email Scam Targeting Professional Speakers by JERRY JONES http://nsamembernews.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/email-scam-tageting-professional-speakers/#comment-284 JERRY JONES Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:01:38 +0000 http://nsamembernews.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-284 THANK YOU!!! WE HAD CONTACTED ALL OF OUR LOVING CHRISTIAN FRIENDS, SO EXCITED WE COULD HARDLY BREATHE, THEN FOUND OUT THEY WERE DEMANDING MONEY TODAY!!! KNEW THEN THAT SOMETHING WAS FISHY. HAD TO MAKE THOSE PHONE CALLS AGAIN, AND DISSAPOINT A LOT OF PEOPLE. WE ARE JUST FINE, THOUGH. GOD IS IN CONTROL!!!JERRY JONES MINISTRIES THANK YOU!!! WE HAD CONTACTED ALL OF OUR LOVING CHRISTIAN FRIENDS, SO EXCITED WE COULD HARDLY BREATHE, THEN FOUND OUT THEY WERE DEMANDING MONEY TODAY!!! KNEW THEN THAT SOMETHING WAS FISHY. HAD TO MAKE THOSE PHONE CALLS AGAIN, AND DISSAPOINT A LOT OF PEOPLE. WE ARE JUST FINE, THOUGH. GOD IS IN CONTROL!!!JERRY JONES MINISTRIES

]]> Comment on Email Scam Targeting Professional Speakers by Prophetess Yolanda Diamond http://nsamembernews.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/email-scam-tageting-professional-speakers/#comment-283 Prophetess Yolanda Diamond Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:27:09 +0000 http://nsamembernews.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-283 Same letter received in Houston, Texas on October 9, 2009. Invitation from “Pastor Glen & First Lady Lu Ferguson Smith” inviting me to speak at a “Man to Man Women to Women Conference” in Buckinghamshire, London. The invitation was a “last minute” invitation because their original speaker got sick, so they needed another speaker. (SAME STORY). Other event and agreement details were the following: Audience Size/Demographics: 2500 Title of Presentation: Building Strong Relationship Time Table / Duration: 1 hr Dates: Nov. 11 – 13 at various times Honorarium: $9000 ($5000 deposit upon securing work permit) and $4000 balance due at the “conclusion of the contract”. We sent an email to Dr. Wilshire asking why was a Work Visa required for a three day visit when we should be covered under the Visa Waiver Program up to 90 days. Especially wy Travel Counselor kept saying I did not need a Work Permit. He responded with the attached email. ATTENTION CLIENT, I Acknowledged your mail. I understood all the content.Sorry for contacting you late, i was out of office for three days for an important assignment. Without any waste of time and due to short time you have left to proceed with the issuance of these important documents.I will therefore embark upon you obtaining a second tier UK WORK PERMIT. These class of work permit is for employee who falls under the category of entertainment and intends to impact knowledge and technical know-how to the citizens of Great Britain. Partaining to the urgency and speedy alacrity of these project at hand,i will proceed to the UK BORDER AGENCY today to get you all necessary documents You are advised to immediately Provide me with the listed requirements. 1. Letter of Invitation 2. Signed contract Agreement 3. One passport photograph 4. UK Work Permit fees 160pounds ($310) 5. Issued Date and Expiry date of International Passport. 6. Date of Birth (D.O.B) I await the listed information to proceed to get you the documents as soon as possible. Note without you providing these requirements I cannot proceed to get you these documents. If i receive all information today i will proceed to the UK Border Agency to get you your documents . Note you can send all documents through email attachment. You can send Permit fees through Money Gram or Western Union to my name DR Wayne Wilshire, LONDON UNITED KINGDOM POSTCODE W1P 9RE Make sure you attach the payment slip for record purpose. In your service DR Wayne Wilshire British High Commission official Same letter received in Houston, Texas on October 9, 2009. Invitation from “Pastor Glen & First Lady Lu Ferguson Smith” inviting me to speak at a “Man to Man Women to Women Conference” in Buckinghamshire, London. The invitation was a “last minute” invitation because their original speaker got sick, so they needed another speaker. (SAME STORY). Other event and agreement details were the following:

Audience Size/Demographics: 2500

Title of Presentation: Building Strong Relationship

Time Table / Duration: 1 hr

Dates: Nov. 11 – 13 at various times

Honorarium: $9000 ($5000 deposit upon securing work permit) and $4000 balance due at the “conclusion of the contract”.

We sent an email to Dr. Wilshire asking why was a Work Visa required for a three day visit when we should be covered under the Visa Waiver Program up to 90 days. Especially wy Travel Counselor kept saying I did not need a Work Permit. He responded with the attached email.

ATTENTION CLIENT,

I Acknowledged your mail. I understood all the content.Sorry for contacting you late, i was out of office for three days for an important assignment. Without any waste of time and due to short time you have left to proceed with the issuance of these important documents.I will therefore embark upon you obtaining a second tier UK WORK PERMIT.

These class of work permit is for employee who falls under the category of entertainment and intends to impact knowledge and technical know-how to the citizens of Great Britain. Partaining to the urgency and speedy alacrity of these project at hand,i will proceed to the UK BORDER AGENCY today to get you all
necessary documents

You are advised to immediately Provide me with the listed requirements.

1. Letter of Invitation
2. Signed contract Agreement
3. One passport photograph
4. UK Work Permit fees 160pounds ($310)
5. Issued Date and Expiry date of International Passport.
6. Date of Birth (D.O.B)

I await the listed information to proceed to get you the documents as soon as possible. Note without you providing these requirements I cannot proceed to get you these documents. If i receive all information today i will proceed to the UK Border Agency to get you
your documents . Note you can send all documents through email attachment.

You can send Permit fees through Money Gram or Western Union to my name DR Wayne Wilshire, LONDON UNITED KINGDOM POSTCODE W1P 9RE Make sure you attach the payment slip for record purpose.

In your service
DR Wayne Wilshire
British High Commission official

]]> Comment on Email Scam Targeting Professional Speakers by Andrea Brown http://nsamembernews.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/email-scam-tageting-professional-speakers/#comment-282 Andrea Brown Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:15:40 +0000 http://nsamembernews.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-282 We received essentially an identical invitation from "Pastor Glen & First Lady Lu Ferguson Smith" inviting me to speak at a "Man to Man Women to Women Conference" in Buckinghamshire, London. The invitation was a "last minute" invitation because their original speaker got sick, so they needed another speaker. (SAME STORY). The wording, including the grossly misspelled words, are the same, showing very low skill level. Other event and agreement details were the following: Audience Size/Demographics: 2500 Title of Presentation: Building Strong Relationship Time Table / Duration: 1 hr Dates: Nov. 11 - 13 at various times Honorarium: $9000 ($5000 deposit upon securing work permit) and $4000 balance due at the "conclusion of the contract". They required a UK work permit to be secured from Dr. Wayne Wilshire who used a fake gmail e-mail account. The spelling and grammar in the contract was extremely poor and "Dr. Wilshire" was available over the weekend regarding the work permits. He also claimed that his office phone was "down" and could not call us regarding the permits. He was requesting $310 for the speaker work permit and $240 for my assistant. We smelled a rat, and my assistant did a Google search and immediately found this WONDERFUL site with great information to verify our HIGH SUSPICION of their "HIGH COMMISSION". We communicated to "Pastor Smith" that his scam is uncovered, their mindless operation caught in the act and that we all reap what we sow. He was speechless... We will ensure to inform others to be aware of this very evil and mean-spirited attempt to extort money from people who serve in true ministry. God sees it all and will repay. To all of you endeavoring to do the right thing, I bid you God's speed and encouragement. Best regards and many blessings! We received essentially an identical invitation from “Pastor Glen & First Lady Lu Ferguson Smith” inviting me to speak at a “Man to Man Women to Women Conference” in Buckinghamshire, London. The invitation was a “last minute” invitation because their original speaker got sick, so they needed another speaker. (SAME STORY). The wording, including the grossly misspelled words, are the same, showing very low skill level. Other event and agreement details were the following:

Audience Size/Demographics: 2500

Title of Presentation: Building Strong Relationship

Time Table / Duration: 1 hr

Dates: Nov. 11 – 13 at various times

Honorarium: $9000 ($5000 deposit upon securing work permit) and $4000 balance due at the “conclusion of the contract”.

They required a UK work permit to be secured from Dr. Wayne Wilshire who used a fake gmail e-mail account. The spelling and grammar in the contract was extremely poor and “Dr. Wilshire” was available over the weekend regarding the work permits. He also claimed that his office phone was “down” and could not call us regarding the permits. He was requesting $310 for the speaker work permit and $240 for my assistant.

We smelled a rat, and my assistant did a Google search and immediately found this WONDERFUL site with great information to verify our HIGH SUSPICION of their “HIGH COMMISSION”.

We communicated to “Pastor Smith” that his scam is uncovered, their mindless operation caught in the act and that we all reap what we sow. He was speechless… We will ensure to inform others to be aware of this very evil and mean-spirited attempt to extort money from people who serve in true ministry. God sees it all and will repay.

To all of you endeavoring to do the right thing, I bid you God’s speed and encouragement.

Best regards and many blessings!

]]> Comment on Email Scam Targeting Professional Speakers by Dr. Davina Jones http://nsamembernews.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/email-scam-tageting-professional-speakers/#comment-281 Dr. Davina Jones Sat, 10 Oct 2009 17:06:33 +0000 http://nsamembernews.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-281 THANK GOD for this info. It didn't take me long to figure out this was a scam - thanks to your info. I googled DR. WISHIRE BRITISH HIGH COMMISION and found these confirmations of the scam. Thank you so much. This person posed as pastors from Faith Dimensions ministry in London. I've contacted those pastors through their website to let them know of the scam. THANK GOD for this info. It didn’t take me long to figure out this was a scam – thanks to your info. I googled DR. WISHIRE BRITISH HIGH COMMISION and found these confirmations of the scam. Thank you so much.

This person posed as pastors from Faith Dimensions ministry in London. I’ve contacted those pastors through their website to let them know of the scam.

]]> Comment on Email Scam Targeting Professional Speakers by Pastors Roscoe and Revita DeChalus http://nsamembernews.wordpress.com/2009/08/12/email-scam-tageting-professional-speakers/#comment-280 Pastors Roscoe and Revita DeChalus Sat, 10 Oct 2009 01:03:38 +0000 http://nsamembernews.wordpress.com/?p=131#comment-280 We received this scam offer too but it was for a Man to Man and Women to Women conference. From: Pastor Glen Smith [mailto:mantomanwomentowomenconference@gmail.com] I will not post the the scam here but my response: Hello Scammer! Please do not contact us again about your bogus conference. We investigated this and you are busted! Your e-mail is an Email Scam Targeting Professional Speakers. We will tell all of our friends, and we know a lot of people. The police Authorities in your location will find this out and pursue you. Lord God Almighty, please put a stop to this scammer and his associates in whatever way you deem for they are hurting the church in Jesus name Amen!... Believe this! Our God answers Prayers!!!!! Pastor Roscoe We received this scam offer too but it was for a Man to Man and Women to Women conference.

From: Pastor Glen Smith [mailto:mantomanwomentowomenconference@gmail.com]

I will not post the the scam here but my response:

Hello Scammer!

Please do not contact us again about your bogus conference. We investigated this and you are busted!
Your e-mail is an Email Scam Targeting Professional Speakers. We will tell all of our friends, and we know a lot of people. The police Authorities in your location will find this out and pursue you.

Lord God Almighty, please put a stop to this scammer and his associates in whatever way you deem for they are hurting the church in Jesus name Amen!… Believe this! Our God answers Prayers!!!!!

Pastor Roscoe

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