A couple of months ago, I received the following email from my Nigerien fellow researcher, Zahra Djingerey. 'Hello Aoife how are you? Tell me, how many bank accounts do you have? Could you please tell me the exact amount in each bank account? Its urgent.' I first thought, 'That’s a little cheeky of Zahra, does she actually think I’m going to tell her that?' Then I thought 'Oh no, Zahra has been spammed.' I quickly sent her a message on WhatsApp. Zahra had not been spammed. She was teaching me a lesson in poverty research. |
