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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There’s a bit of history to this. Scammers tend to stay under the radar in certain countries if they can show that no reasonable person would fall for the scam. It goes back to the days before the internet when scammers had to deal w/ victims face to face, and they would use victim shaming a lot to avoid prosecution. People would rather lose a bit of money than let the public know they fell for something stupid. Think of it like this. We think that if you see a bag unattended that is not your bag, and you should leave it alone. Scammers think that when they see a bag unattended that if the person didn’t want their bag taken they would have secured it better and if they don’t help themselves to it then somebody else will. Some countries see this more as an act of opportunity than a crime of intent, and you’ll often see these criminals blame the victim instead of remorse for their actions. Even in law enforcement.
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