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Yup. There's a reason for that. Spammers are trying to target idiots specifically. Normal intelligent people who would otherwise get tricked tend to be the type
by jaxomlotus 13y ago
Yup. There's a reason for that. Spammers are trying to target idiots specifically. Normal intelligent people who would otherwise get tricked tend to be the type with the wherewithall to follow up with authorities. Idiots tend not to be.
- eli 13y agoInteresting theory, but I'm not sure the data backs it up. As with all things, though, do your own A/B tests.
- mathattack 13y agoIt amazes me that the A/B tests work. Is it just that they catch people who have never seen a scam before? How can people who consistently fall for this crap have any money left for rent?
- friggeri 13y agoThe data backs it up: http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/167719/whyfromnigeria.pdf http://research.microsoft.com/pubs/167719/whyfromnigeria.pdf
- eli 13y agoI think we are talking about two different things. It may be that spammer are telegraphing that they are probably a scam to catch people too dumb to know what a scam is, but... I've also personally seen how "boring" and "ugly" web pages with lots of bold and italics and even underlines convert better than a trendier, "prettier" version. For non-spam, non-scam products.