A Cameroonian man was yesterday given a suspended jail term after he admitted conspiring to commit fraud through the ‘black money’ scam.

Tchokondi Romuald, 40, a porter from Spain but originally of Camer-oon, was apprehended on Monday.

People were promised an easy way to gain fast interest on their money and were also shown what appeared to be banknotes that had been dyed.

The scammer the showed victims how to remove the dye and sold the ‘notes’ for cash which, eventually, turned out to be worthless paper.

Magistrate Antonio Micallef Trigona noted yesterday that “one would have to be mad to believe such antics and be duped by the scam”.

Police Inspector Anne Marie Micallef explained that the victims had also been asked to walk around the banknotes three times to facilitate the process.

Mr Romuald was sentenced to two years in jail, suspended for four years.