I find it hard to believe that people still fall for those crazy scams about deposits of millions of euros. Every day, our inboxes are flooded by emails from people around the world claiming they have a fortune to invest as a result of the passing away of a family member. Now, Libya has become the bait. The way it works is that someone sits at a desk in Nigeria and hammers out a ‘plausible’ email. They tell you that they need a down payment before making the deposit and sometimes people oblige. That is the last you ever hear of them. Wake up people, these are all scams. If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably is.

■ John Mamo

Birkirkara