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There's a difference between that and correctly guessing that a specific address belongs to a scammer. Also fake letters from the IRS etc. are a thing and peopl
by alpaca128 4y ago
There's a difference between that and correctly guessing that a specific address belongs to a scammer. Also fake letters from the IRS etc. are a thing and people still fall for it.
Detecting scams like this is a skill and some people - like elderly or disabled people - just aren't good at it. It doesn't help that some legit businesses are officially using gmail/hotmail/whatever addresses.
- masswerk 4y agoI'd say, 99.x% of the scam or fishing attempts I receive are easily detectable by the email address. E.g., a fairly accurate rendition of the bank CI, even with an appropriate text, an email clear name in accordance with the bank, but something like "<_petra167fghj@unknownserver.com>" as the email address. The problem being, it's exactly that part, which gives the scam away, that is hidden by the common email client.