Few people may not have received the notorious email from the widow or daughter of a deceased African Minister, offering you to transfer millions of dollars that they claim to have received.

Today, it was the talk of a popular noon show in a local television channel. The discussion was centered on how to recognize such emails as spam and what to do when anyone receives such email.

One of my online contacts rang me up a few years ago and asked my advice as to how to recover $500 he had sent as the legal fee. What a pity that he has fallen victim of cyber space’s most notorious scam.

Seeing a similar email even now, all the efforts of the concerned authorities are proving to be a waste of money and time.