There's also the theory that obvious scams and spam is helpful to adversaries because it filters out people who will realize it's a scam later and not follow th

There's also the theory that obvious scams and spam is helpful to adversaries because it filters out people who will realize it's a scam later and not follow through. Like, making the Nigerian Prince emails more convincing might lead to more work for little to no new real leads because these new people that were slightly less gullible are more likely to realize it's a scam later on too.