Daily Archives: February 14, 2006

Boy, this guy has some problems. Not only is he a bone smuggling friend of Dorothy, but he’s an alcoholic as well!! Now that’s funny.

CONCORD, N.H. Feb 14, 2006 (AP)— The Episcopal Church’s first openly gay bishop, V. Gene Robinson, has started treatment for alcoholism.

“I am writing to you from an alcohol treatment center where on Feb. 1, with the encouragement and support of my partner, daughters and colleagues, I checked myself in to deal with my increasing dependence on alcohol,” Robinson wrote in an e-mail to clergy on Monday that was released Tuesday by the Diocese of New Hampshire.

Robinson’s assistant, the Rev. Tim Rich, said Tuesday there was no crisis that led to Robinson’s decision to seek treatment but rather a growing awareness of his problem.

In his letter, Robinson said he had been dealing with alcoholism for years and had considered it “as a failure of will or discipline on my part, rather than a disease over which my particular body simply has no control, except to stop drinking altogether.”

Rich said the news surprised him and many other clergy.

“We did not see it in any way impact his ministry in the diocese,” Rich said.

The Rev. David Jones, rector of Robinson’s home church, St. Paul’s in Concord, said he had never seen any sign that Robinson had a problem with alcohol.

Robinson was elected bishop of New Hampshire in 2003 and confirmed by the national church, causing an upheaval not only in the Episcopal Church, but the worldwide Anglican Communion of which it is part.

He will spend four weeks in rehabilitation. Spokesman Mike Barwell said the diocese would not disclose the location.

In the Episcopal Church system, such matters are handled within the diocese. Between sessions of the diocesan convention, the “standing committee,” an elected panel of priests and lay parishioners, normally decides supervision of the diocese during a bishop’s absence and other questions regarding his administration. The national church gets involved only in rare cases of formal charges involving misconduct.

The diocese’s standing committee said its members support Robinson “and we commend him for his courageous example to us all, as we pray daily for him and for his ministry among us.”

I just received this email this morning. I love these things because there are actually people dumb enough to fall for this stuff. They set people that are either too stupid or too greedy to understand that they are being scammed. I figure it might be good to post this on my site so you can all see for yourselves that this is a scam.

JD

FROM: MR JOHN RAMODIKE
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
TEL: 027-83-464-9930.

ATTN: CEO.
URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE

I am Mr. JOHN RAMODIKE, Bank Manager {Hillbrow Branch} of Amalgamated Bank Of South Africa {ABSA}. I got your email contact, in my search for a trusted partner, who will assist me with this confidential business proposal.
Mr. Ron Roberts made a numbered time (Fixed) deposited for twelve calendar months, valued at US$27,200,000.00 (TWENTYSEVEN Million TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND US Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, National Mining Corporation that Mr. Ron Roberts died from an automobile accident.
On further investigation, I found out that he did not leave a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Ron Roberts did not declare any next of kin in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork. This sum of US$27.2M. Is still sitting in the Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one has come forward to claim it. According to the South African Law, at the expiration of 6{Six} years, the money will revert to the ownership of the South African Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Ron Roberts so that the fruits of this old man’s labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials.

This is simple;

1) We shall employ the services of an attorney for drafting and obtaining the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your favour for the transfer.

2) A bank account in any part of the world, which you provide, will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin of Mr.Ron Roberts.

The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 70% for me and 20% for you then 10% will be set aside for any expenses that may occure during the transfer process. There is no risk at all as the attorney and my position will do all the paperwork for this transaction as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please reply immediately via my email address.
Upon your response shall then provide you with more details for the successful accomplishment of this transaction.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country. Awaiting your urgen t reply

Thanks and regards

Mr. John Ramodike.