For years, Fatima Tayeb, Angela Dim and General Abdul have been sending me emails wanting to transfer millions of pounds from West African banks into my account.

I must have an honest face. So honest that I get at least six of these offers every day.

They often come with colourful stories and several say they escaped from Libya after the fall of Gaddafi with illicit fortunes they now want to invest in the West.

Amazing that most of them ended up in Burkina Faso, a country whose main industry is the internet scam.

This week, I even had a plea from a chap called Robinson Crusoe from the Bank of Ghana, which was nice.

Tessy Mel greeted me as “Dear God’s elect”, which was even nicer, and Dewi Sandra started her message with: “My God give me a reliable person with a good mind,” so how she picked me I don’t know.

These emails are so daft they’re worth delving into your spam file occasionally to read them just for a laugh.

But Brian Troop of Lepton warns readers about a new twist on this old scam that might just seem believable to the unwary.

This email purports to come from Colin and Chris Weir, the Scottish couple who won £161 million on the Euromillions lottery in 2011.

It’s on record that they have been generous to charities and the email says they are celebrating the anniversary of their win by giving three random people a million pounds each. Guess what? You’re one of those lucky people.

The Hoax Slayer website says: “Those who fall for the ruse and reply to the message to claim their money will soon beasked to pay a series of up-front fees.”

So it’s not just Angela Dim and Robinson Crusoe of whom we have to be wary. Also watch out for fraudsters using the name of totally innocent Colin and Chris Weir of Scotland.