Unfortunately the game is dangerous as Mr. Theodore de Poorder found out in 1934, the German princess Luigina Pasquero in 1933, Mr. Payrecaux de Lamarque in 1932, Baron Sandrans, all of whom had to face judges for this type of caper. Authentic foreign nobles are just as likely to be subject to the rigors of the court. In Prague, Prince Schwarzenberg was subjected to the same humiliation for fraud. There was also the case of the activities of the Archduke William of Habsburg-Lorraine, cousin to the pretender to the throne of Austria. He had seduced young Paulette Couyba, lived from her earnings and was finally called to answer some rather humiliating questions posed by the judge.
Marital fraud is a frequent offense amongst the usurpers of names and titles.
The marriage brokers are often counts and countesses of something or other. Finally, this last item is dedicated to readers who have more than a superficial knowledge of French as it loses its piquancy completely when trying to explain it in English.