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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Do you think this idea has merit – that having bad grammar makes it seem more likely it’s written by a real person rather than a robot? Humanizing the text and invoking emotion so people relate and want to engage?
But I agree about the spam filtering.

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