$500 million in checks left at Jerusalem holy site
JERUSALEM (AP) — Worshippers usually leave notes to the Almighty at one of Judaism's holiest sites. But half a billion dollars?
Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, who oversees Jerusalem's Western Wall, said a worshipper found an envelope at the site Wednesday with 507 checks in the amount of about $1 million each. They were not addressed to anyone, and it's doubtful they can be cashed.
Rabinovitch said most are Nigerian. Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said some were from the United States, Europe and Asia.
Rabinovitch says he has found similar checks in Western Wall charity boxes before, but they all bounced. He says most of them were written by people from Africa.
The rabbi says he thinks the check writers "wanted to give all they had to the Creator of the universe."
Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitch, who oversees Jerusalem's Western Wall, said a worshipper found an envelope at the site Wednesday with 507 checks in the amount of about $1 million each. They were not addressed to anyone, and it's doubtful they can be cashed.
Rabinovitch said most are Nigerian. Israeli police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said some were from the United States, Europe and Asia.
Rabinovitch says he has found similar checks in Western Wall charity boxes before, but they all bounced. He says most of them were written by people from Africa.
The rabbi says he thinks the check writers "wanted to give all they had to the Creator of the universe."
This photo intrigues me. It looks as though the wrokers are just pulling out the prayers and dropping them to the ground, presumably to be swept up later. Does anyone know if that's what really happens to them? It seems a shoddy way to handle someone's prayer.
The Nigerians have truly outdone themselves this time.
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In an era in which Nigeria's own country is under attack from the al-Qaeda's African counterpart, Boko Haram, the rest of the world really doesn't seem to be too concerned or really care. I'm sure this is, in part, due to the scammers there. It's as if scamming is part of Nigeria's GNP.
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Amazing.
Those Nigerians have bigger stones than the wall.
I've heard of people using religion to scam people before, but those Nigerians have really taken it to another level, trying to scam God himself.
heh, Nigerian...I can see it now..."if we can just confirm a little bit of information, we'll have the money right out to you...."