Why do phishers deliberately use bad grammar or spelling?

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Doing data protection training and it says ‘Many hackers misspell words… on purpose.’
I’m glad this makes scams easier to spot but it just doesn’t seem to make sense to me as a useful tactic at all.

Edit: typo correction- hackers not jackets!

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I don’t know if this actually has anything to do with it, but I’ve heard this and want to hear what people who actually know say, so here I go:

If the scammers become targets of legal action, they can argue that it’s so obvious that they weren’t actually the company etc., that they made themselves put to be, that you can’t justifiably accuse them of trying to trick anyone.

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