Scam Intended to Harm CANA

Please be aware that some who oppose CANA are apparently resorting to rather
vulgar tactics.  Earlier this week Bishop Bena was contacted by a landlord in
Minnesota who informed us that he had received a query from a supposedly
potential tenant who claimed to be from a St Lukes in Southampton England
and who claimed that he was coming to the States in order to work for Bishop
Minns, Bishop Bena, and CANA for about two years.  The tenant further told
the landlord that they were going to send a large check in excess of the
rent with the request that the landlord cash it and buy furniture for the
foreign tenant who would not be able to bring furnishings with them from
England.  Later this week another landlord from Florida called the CANA
Headquarters with the same scenario.

This is a hoax by those who oppose CANA.  CANA trustee Mr. Bill Brinkley,
who works in the banking sector, explained that foreign checks take perhaps
a week or so to clear and that a bank will allow a landlord to withdraw
funds of course up to whatever the landlord has in their bank account even
before the tenant's check clears or bounces.  If the landlord would purchase
the furniture immediately, the landlord will be inconvenienced at best and
shorted at worst once the check bounces -- and the landlord and the bank
will begin to think badly not only about the tenant but also CANA.

Thus, as Bishop David Anderson has explained to the CANA Headquarters,
"Since the sender isn't asking for the "cash back" it is not the typical
type of scheme.  It is a defamation scheme rather than a money-making
scheme."  Bishop Anderson said that by using CANA as a reference, the scam
is attempting to "create ill will and bad reference for CANA, because the
checks will bounce and then the landlord will be out the money and have
unwanted furniture."

Thankfully these two landlords had their wits about them and were able to
contact CANA in order to check the reference.  We pray that no other
landlord has been taken advantage of by this scam.


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