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Scammers intentionally make grammatical mistakes. If you can spot the mistakes, they don't want to engage with you. (Of course, there are other reasons why wou
by abhinav061 4y ago
Scammers intentionally make grammatical mistakes. If you can spot the mistakes, they don't want to engage with you.
(Of course, there are other reasons why would one spot yet ignore grammatical mistakes - sometimes it is because of the personal situation they are in, sometimes it's of empathy towards non-native English speakers)
- imiric 4y agoMost scammers aren't that smart. The grammatical mistakes just happen to work well for them as a filter.
- _vertigo 4y agoI’ve heard this a lot, but is it actually true?
- goto11 4y agoUnlikely. I believe it started as a hypothesis to explain the many spelling errors in scam mails, but I don't think this have ever been confirmed to be intentional. Hanlons Razor is probably appropriate here.
- pokepim 4y ago