It seems like there is a never-ending stream of new and old swindling tricks being played to cheat people out of their money. In many cases, these are Christians who earnestly believe they are giving to a good cause. In other cases, they are just being swindled. A new swindling is now upon us and it’s a robot-call from “Saint Mary’s Prayer Center Ministry”, and they are literally asking for you to pay them to to pray for you.<\/p>\n
I received my first robo-call today (1-5-2018) from this scam call.<\/p>\n
The robo-call starts out like this:<\/p>\n
\u201cHello. This is St. Mary\u2019s Prayer Center Ministry calling today to see if you need urgent prayer. If you would like to have someone from our center pray for you, please press 1. If you would no longer like to hear from us, please press 3.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It is hard to know how long this scam has been going on, but the Texsas Standard has already reported a good deal about the outfit. The information was provided by\u00a0Michael Marks, who did the digging into this call scam. Here is some of his testimony about dealing with this group.<\/p>\n
Then, I got another call.<\/p>\n
The struggle is over! The struggle is over in your finances, in your household, even in your body, even in your relationship. The struggle \u2013 every setback, is about to turn into a setup!<\/em><\/p>\n
After about seven minutes of this, the recording\u00a0got\u00a0down to business.<\/p>\n
I want you now to step out with that seed, representing it shall come to pass. That $47 seed, that $147, that $30\u00a0seed adding the 47 cents\u2026. Please hold as I connect you to my blessed, prayerful operator now.<\/em><\/p>\n
A\u00a0call center operator who said she was from the Philippines asked how much I\u2019d like to donate. I gave $1.47.\u00a0My idea was to see the organization\u2019s name show up on my bank statement to get more information, but that plan failed. It\u00a0showed up as a PayPal transaction.<\/p>\n
But I didn\u2019t have to look to hard to find out who made the call. It came from Manasseh Jordan Ministries, an organization based in New York and run by a man who calls himself Prophet Manasseh Jordan.\u00a0He has tons of videos on YouTube<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 a young guy, sharp dresser \u2013 of his\u00a0preachings and healings.<\/p>\n