African Preacher Pigeon Scam

Victim Location 31069

Total money lost $5,000

Type of a scam Charity

I would like to share my experience from the other day in hopes this does not happen to anyone else. I sure felt like a fool when I realized the truth. I was leaving Kroger in Central, Ga., when I was approached by a nice "lady" who had locked her keys in her car. She asked if I minded taking her to the Burger King where her daughter worked to get her spare set of keys. I agreed. When we arrived at Burger King we were approached by a black man who was very well spoken and claimed to be some sort of preacher from Africa. After engaging us in conversation for a while he explained he was in the USA on a mission. He had been given a large amount of money but in order for him to keep a percentage of it he had to give away the bulk of it. He told me and the "lady" if we had some money, he would pray over it and bless it then he would give us a large amount of money also so we could share it with others also. The "lady" had a very large amount of cash on her and the man prayed over it and returned it to her. I did not have that kind of money so I had to ride to the bank and make a withdrawal. The "lady" even rode with me to the bank, she refused to come inside with me, stating she would wait in the car. After making my withdrawal, me and the "lady" returned to the Pizza Hut parking lot and met back up with then man. I gave him the money I had withdrawn and he spent a good amount of time praying over it. He instructed us to use our money plus the money he was giving us and to do the same thing he was doing to keep this going. Long story short, the "lady" was his partner and the man gave me a thick envelope which I thought contained my money plus the additional money he was to give me…..I didn’t even look in the envelope until I was already back home. It was of corse…filled with paper.