And it's not just the accent. The popular guidance on /r/scams is that if an email uses the word "kindly" where a native English speaker would say "please", it

And it's not just the accent. The popular guidance on /r/scams is that if an email uses the word "kindly" where a native English speaker would say "please", it is vastly more likely than not that it is a scam. Unfortunately, that use of that word is popular among Indians, but any half-measure guidance leaves room for an already susceptible mark to convince themselves that maybe this email is not a scam.