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If you have a blog, you are familiar with comment spam. It looks like a real comment but it is cleverly packaged spam. If you have Wordpress, protect yourself with this great anti-spam plugin: Spam Karma 2. We just installed it after being constantly bombarded with spam. Thus far, it’s been great.

Now add this new category of comment–call it Comment Scam. We received this plea in our comment section today. What do you think? Have any other bloggers received these? It starts off “My Dearest One….

My Dearest one ,

I’m sending you special greeting which I hope you will accept
with warm heart and I know this mail may get to you as a suprise
since we have no previous correspondence, I decided to write you
after going through your profile and my mind accepted what i read
about you thus, if you don’t mind I will like to know you better.

I am Mariam Gijado from Ivory Coast. I tragically lost my father
a couple of month ago in the wakes of the ivoirien political
upsurge .My father was a serving director of the Cocoa exporting
board until his death .
He was assassinated last january by the rebels on his way from office.

A week before his untimely death, not knowing that he is going to
died,he had summon us to his office and made a revelation to us
conerning the deposit he had made with one security company here
in ivory coast he then gave to us documents he used to deposit
the consignment with the security company here.

The fund exactly $10 millon and has been carefully concealed in
a trunk box andregistered as family valuables and treasure by our
father so that nobody may know the real content of the box.

All the documents with which the money was deposited is with us;
but the situation of things and the present political impasse is
the reason why i have decided to scout for a neutral person in
recuperating the consignment from the security company.

Therefore we want you to assist us and help contact the company
where the money wasdeposited. We want you to do us a favour to
receive this box safe in your country or any safer place as
thebeneficiary.

Our future plans is to leave this countrywhere we are every day
in danger from our father’s enemies and with your assistance we
can successfully recuperate this money and join you in your
country where we can with your advice plan on a worthwhile and
lucrative investment for our future well being.

However, permit me to ask the following question:

Can you handle this project?.

Can we completely count on you?.

Can you take us as one of your children?
.
What shall be your comission for assisting us?.

Awaiting your urgent reply .And please for security purpose you can direct your subsequent mail to my private mail address as given below.

Thanks and best regards.

Mariam Gijado
Learn more about these scams and see how one played out via email at this link. The written exchanges are documented and make for an interesting read.