Using bad grammar and obviously fake UIs is a pretty well-known technique that's been used by Internet scammers and phishers for years to filter out the savvier

Using bad grammar and obviously fake UIs is a pretty well-known technique that's been used by Internet scammers and phishers for years to filter out the savvier potential victims. It seems the motivation is not that smarter users will report them or try to stop them, but that those who are naive enough to miss the obvious signs of a scam are also far more likely to actually fall prey to the scam, to send larger sums of money, and to possibly fall victim to multiple scams. In essence, the bad grammar and fake UIs are used to make the scammers more efficient. They don't need to waste time on people who will get a few steps in, then cause them trouble or recognize the scam and back out; if you don't see the clear signs up front, you likely won't notice any of the later ones either. This is the same reason that the "Nigerian Prince" email scam still survives. Here's a research paper published by Microsoft on this very subject back in 2012: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/why-do-nigerian-scammers-say-they-are-from-nigeria/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/why-do-... Here's a decent summary on Yahoo: https://www.yahoo.com/news/study--obvious-nigerian-scam-emails-appear-that-way-for-a-reason.html?ref=gs https://www.yahoo.com/news/study--obvious-nigerian-scam-emai...