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One of the things that stuns me, is that for as effective as phishing and scam ads are today, they could be hundreds of times more effective if someone put the
by ocdtrekkie 5y ago
One of the things that stuns me, is that for as effective as phishing and scam ads are today, they could be hundreds of times more effective if someone put the effort in to run them through a spell check in the target language.
It sometimes seems like the saving grace to society is that criminals aren't actually all that smart.
- tyingq 5y agoThis one may have been run through a spell checker. The spelling is fine. It's the grammar/phrasing: "Complete the installation register an account." "How to register? Create an account and then verify, it is anti spam protection."
- Namidairo 5y agoIsn't this sometimes intentional, to act as a filter of sorts, for more prospectful targets?
- ocdtrekkie 5y agoIt can be, particularly for scams which require human interaction. But for an extension that collects phishing data, there's no point in it: If people enter data into it, they are a good target.
- rchaud 5y agoEmail scammers have been A/B testing their pitches for a long time now. The evidence is clear: dumbing down the pitch is far more effective than attempting to capture more sophisticated users.
- ocdtrekkie 5y agoEmail scammers and phishing forms have different per attempt costs.