How a crusade was used to scam a whole community

A group of evangelists scammed an entire community by hosting a fake crusade. The group, posing as pastors, had advertised a power-packed crusade, promising miracles and liberation.

However, their true intention was to deceive and steal from the gullible community.

The four-day event was meticulously planned, with perfect sound, praise teams, and powerful sermons.

The evangelists even staged fake miracles to gain the trust of the community.

By the final day, they had convinced the attendees to drop their valuables, including phones, ATM cards, laptops, and foodstuffs, for “special prayers”.

The evangelists then disappeared with all the valuables, leaving the community in shock and disbelief.

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“According to my friend, about a year ago in her hometown in Delta State, a group of evangelists visited their community with flyers to host a power-packed crusade. You know how churches advertise their crusades. The community gave them consent, thinking the evangelists had come to liberate them, not realizing the group was there for a four-day marketing campaign aimed at liberating themselves from poverty, not the community.

These guys invested so much in their packaging. The sound was perfect, the praise team was on point, and the sermons were powerful. Everything was in place for the crusade. The first day had a small turnout, but the service was powerful, with miracles everywhere. Those who attended went back to tell others about the mind-blowing miracles.

By day two, the turnout improved as their marketing strategy worked. They had shown their product worked, and the few captivated attendees helped spread the word. Trust Nigerians to love miracles. The second day ended with even more astounding miracles, and their fame began to rise. Their actors, who were the main marketing strategy, were so good that it sold well.

By day four, the grand finale and the day to make their final wealth, they had gained the trust of their target audience—the gullible community. To crown the event, they told the audience to drop whatever they used to make money on the altar for special prayers. They didn’t stop there; they told them that even if they weren’t with any valuables, they should drop something as a point of contact to their business. They went further to say the prayer needed to be done all through the night, and by the next morning, they could collect their belongings.

To gain more trust, they delegated an elderly woman from the community to be in charge of collecting the items, taking details, and tagging them for easy identification. You should have seen how people were dropping their phones, ATM cards, laptops, foodstuffs, and other valuables. Trust Nigerians and free miracle money and wealth. They forgot their sense of reasoning. The next day, everyone gathered at the spot to pick up their items that had been soaked in prayers, ready for the miracle that would make them rich, but GUESS WHAT?

The apostle and his team were nowhere to be found. THEY HAD SCAMMED AN ENTIRE COMMUNITY.”