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The bad grammar is on purpose. I know of two possible reasons: * Bayesian poisoning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_poisoning https://en.wikipedia.org/w
by salviati 2y ago
The bad grammar is on purpose. I know of two possible reasons:
* Bayesian poisoning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_poisoning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayesian_poisoning
* Weeding out poor mark candidates https://josephsteinberg.com/why-scammers-make-spelling-and-grammar-mistakes/ https://josephsteinberg.com/why-scammers-make-spelling-and-g...
- jstummbillig 2y agoI suspect it's a compromise. Entertaining a target with high literacy skills is more work. If you have AI that is excellent at communication, there goes one reason to aim low.
- CM30 2y agoI see this a lot, but it seems hard to verify. Has a scammer actually ever come out and say they deliberately use poor grammar? Would be interesting to compare scam emails/messages from scammers based in the US/UK/Australia with those in India or Nigeria, and see if the pattern holds up for both.
- justsomehnguy 2y ago> I see this a lot, but it seems hard to verify. Easy. As you say all you need to do is to compare and as I occasionally have a glimpse of the spam for some non-English language with a non-Latin script - it's the same.