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RevChris111111111

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Callistemon21 Fri 16-Dec-22 22:53:13

Has anyone else had a message from this person?

He can sell me gold and also wants me to help him reclaim $14.5m deposited in my country. He'll share it with me but I only get 30% šŸ™‚

Am I the only lucky one?

Chocolatelovinggran Fri 22-Mar-24 15:40:43

Primrose, I fear that we are being two- timed. The Nigerian Prince has been communicating with me. We may have to move on from him, sadly.

M0nica Fri 22-Mar-24 14:23:08

Me too!!

Esmay Fri 22-Mar-24 14:19:54

There are a few Rev Christopher Walkers including one who assaulted his mother .

And I meant Pentecostal not Pentacostal .

In the past , I was contacted by a Curtis Weinburg - a Scottish (!) soldier in Afghanistan , who wanted money to release a cache of gold and I also had a marriage proposal from him !

Esmay Fri 22-Mar-24 14:06:46

Thanks pascal30 and Goldfinch .
I can think of a few more bible texts to send him !
I could ask my twi speaking Ghanaian friends from the Pentacostal Church to write me something to send !

Grannynannywanny Fri 22-Mar-24 11:15:10

Iā€™m feeling a bit left out as I didnā€™t hear from revved up Chris this time. Maybe Iā€™ve offended him by not sending him my bank details last time he was in touch.

Greenfinch Fri 22-Mar-24 11:02:06

Brilliant Esmay !I wish I had thought of that.

Pippa000 Fri 22-Mar-24 10:20:32

Must sent a message to Admin about this as I missed to 'Spam' folder, sorry I put it in to AIBU. I received one yesterday, I must find out how to block . Is there no way Admin can stop this?

granfromafar Fri 22-Mar-24 09:53:41

I received this today aswell. He's obviously been around for a while. I blocked and reported him of course.

pascal30 Fri 22-Mar-24 09:44:01

Esmay

His email address includes Ashanti so I'm presuming that he's from Ghana .

Here's my open message to him :

How much better to get wisdom than gold , to get insight rather than silver .
Proverbs 16.16 .

Beilliant Esmay.. I just blocked him..

Primrose53 Fri 22-Mar-24 09:14:23

Got two messages from ā€œhimā€ this morning and reported both.
Maybe heā€™s a friend of the Nigerian Prince who contacts me now and then to share his massive wealth. šŸ¤£šŸ¤£

Iam64 Fri 22-Mar-24 09:09:53

Thanks Kelly

Cossy Fri 22-Mar-24 08:54:12

Blossoming

I am feeling excluded. Reverend Chris is ignoring me. Perhaps he knows Iā€™m an atheist.

Me too!

KellyGransnet (GNHQ) Fri 22-Mar-24 08:46:59

Morning all - it looks like this spammer had re-registered with a slightly different username. We've banned him again by now so please feel free to delete any PMs he sent.

We're sorry that many of you were contacted in this way - this is not what our PM system is for at all.

Mollygo Fri 22-Mar-24 08:38:09

I missed out on RevChris, but Fr Enoch from the CĆ“te Dā€™Ivoire would appreciate funds to enable him to come and spread the word in the UK.
I donā€™t think heā€™s made it onto GN yet.

Oreo Fri 22-Mar-24 08:26:40

Got a message from this guy this morning and reported the PM, so heā€™s obviously back.Actually it wonā€™t really be just one guy but a whole bunch of scammers organisation.

petra Fri 22-Mar-24 08:21:43

JollyJilly
They get the info from a Data Broker.
Itā€™s not just a small site like Mumsnet, Face Book, Amazon, major car companies.
We canā€™t stop it. Itā€™s up to us to be super vigilant with all notifications that we get.

Iam64 Fri 22-Mar-24 08:12:04

Yes, Iā€™ve reported and deleted

Reubenblue Fri 22-Mar-24 08:02:39

Yes, in the middle of the night. I didnā€™t open it and blocked the sender.

JollyJilly Fri 22-Mar-24 07:57:42

Just received the message this morning, I have reported it and blocked the sender. How on earth did it manage to even get on the forums, should Gransnet be monitoring these kind of things, he must have got our email addresses from this website. I think it is time to close my account as security is very poor.

Urmstongran Fri 22-Mar-24 07:55:45

Same here Greenfinch.

Greenfinch Fri 22-Mar-24 07:54:23

Just seen my message from him sent just before midnight .Will block and report.

petra Fri 22-Mar-24 07:48:35

Oh no šŸ˜± are you saying itā€™s a scam? Iā€™ve just sent him my email šŸ˜©

OurKid1 Fri 22-Mar-24 07:43:30

Me too this morning. Reported and blocked.

JCFrance Fri 22-Mar-24 06:36:09

Just received and deleted this morning. Sorry I donā€™t know how to report.

Greyduster Fri 22-Mar-24 06:34:52

Me too!