A few hours ago I received an email via the Blog.co.uk system out of the blue from a Love500. Below is a copy of the message I received:

HELLO My name is Josephine God,i saw your profile today in (Blog.co.uk)and became intrested in you,i will also like to know you more,and i want you to send an email to my email address so that i can give you my picture for you to know whom i am. Here is my email address(josephine_good@yahoo.com) I believe we can move from here! I am waiting for your mail to my email address above. (Remember the distance or colour does not matter but love matters alot in life please contact me here (josephine_good@yahoo.com)

I thought that a message like this coming out of the blue from a person who I have had no contact with at all and who has been a member of Blog.co.uk for only a few hours was kind of strange so I googled the email address (josephine_good@yahoo.com) and it took me to this website on 419 scams and in particular dating scams. What I found there, I feel, confirmed my suspicions. Notice how the two emails are exactly the same and are both from yahoo accounts. Below is a copy of what I found.

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TtHIS WAS jULIETS FIRST LETTER (IS THE MABOU CHICK)

HELLO My name is juliet Mabou,i saw your profile today in (talkcity.com)and became intrested in you,i will also like to know you more,and i want you to send an email to my email address so that i can give you my picture for you to know whom i am. Here is my email address(julietmabou@yahoo.com) I believe we can move from here! I am waiting for your mail to my email address above. (Remember the distance or colour does not matter but love matters alot in life please contact me here (julietmabou@yahoo.com)
2007-02-22, 04:45:41
anonymous from

This was the second letter

My Dearest,
How are you today?
i am very happy to your responded to the email i sent to you in your address at the site.
I am miss godline juliet mabou.
Age 22
ft 5/6
wt 59
i am the only daughter of Late Dr Patrick Mabou from Ivory Coast in west Africa,
who died during the war in my country last two years (2003).
My father was the personal adviser to our former head of state .

( LATE GEN ROBERT GUEI) he is the owner of MabouCocoa industries (LTD) before he was assasinated along side with my mother on a cold blood one morning. But i managed to escape for my dear life and ran into a neigh bouring country,(Dakar) the capital of (Senegal) and i am reciding there now as a refugee.in the refugee camp.
Meanwhile,I am writting to you now in at Revrend's computer and will like to know you more before we move forward from here!.

I will like to know what you do for a living,remember that you caught my attention in that site that was why i wrote you at the first time.Here is one of my pictures i came here with,i will show you more of me when i know and see yours.Awaiting for your reply soonest from my heart.
juliet