Why do scams trojan horses ect always use ťĥéşé țýpěś õf şpéćîãľ ļéťťëřš doesn’t that just make the scam look obvious?
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On some spam, I see foreign language text in the preview, but if you click the email, the presentation is different and in English.
Security systems look for phrases and words in email to check if it’s ok to deliver them.
The it tech puts keywords like “Hello, I am a Nigerian Prince l” into the system, so any emails with “Hello I am a Nigerian Prince” are not allowed to be put in the mailbox.
If the scammer instead puts ” Hellø I am a Nïgerïan Prïnce” the computer doesn’t match it against the ‘dont deliver email saying I am a Nigerian Prince’, because it doesn’t match the original phrase.
Better systems can block this sort of trick, but not all companies do that, especially for home users
Security systems look for phrases and words in email to check if it’s ok to deliver them.
The it tech puts keywords like “Hello, I am a Nigerian Prince l” into the system, so any emails with “Hello I am a Nigerian Prince” are not allowed to be put in the mailbox.
If the scammer instead puts ” Hellø I am a Nïgerïan Prïnce” the computer doesn’t match it against the ‘dont deliver email saying I am a Nigerian Prince’, because it doesn’t match the original phrase.
Better systems can block this sort of trick, but not all companies do that, especially for home users
Security systems look for phrases and words in email to check if it’s ok to deliver them.
The it tech puts keywords like “Hello, I am a Nigerian Prince l” into the system, so any emails with “Hello I am a Nigerian Prince” are not allowed to be put in the mailbox.
If the scammer instead puts ” Hellø I am a Nïgerïan Prïnce” the computer doesn’t match it against the ‘dont deliver email saying I am a Nigerian Prince’, because it doesn’t match the original phrase.
Better systems can block this sort of trick, but not all companies do that, especially for home users
Two main reasons: avoiding spam filters, and ensuring only the most gullible among us fall for it so they don’t waste time.
Two main reasons: avoiding spam filters, and ensuring only the most gullible among us fall for it so they don’t waste time.
Two main reasons: avoiding spam filters, and ensuring only the most gullible among us fall for it so they don’t waste time.
To echo what others have said here, these sorts of scammers are looking for the most vulnerable and most likely to fall for the scam. Typos and grammar errors filter out those who would just waste their time. Usually these types of scammers are just trying to extort a few hundred dollars from a vulnerable individual and they will send it out to hundreds of thousands of individuals waiting for the one vulnerable individual to respond.
However when scammers go after a high value target, such as when they target a company’s CEO/CFO, very often you do not see any grammar or spelling errors. These sorts of emails are generally very well worded and put together so as to mimic a specific individual. They often originate from a fake account which was set up specifically in the targets name, even including samples of that actual persons writing and their valid email signature. Scammers are generally after large amounts of money here, sometimes millions of dollars, so it’s worth the extra time and effort. Let’s say 1 in 1000 People fall for this scam, the scammer still makes a bunch of money.
To echo what others have said here, these sorts of scammers are looking for the most vulnerable and most likely to fall for the scam. Typos and grammar errors filter out those who would just waste their time. Usually these types of scammers are just trying to extort a few hundred dollars from a vulnerable individual and they will send it out to hundreds of thousands of individuals waiting for the one vulnerable individual to respond.
However when scammers go after a high value target, such as when they target a company’s CEO/CFO, very often you do not see any grammar or spelling errors. These sorts of emails are generally very well worded and put together so as to mimic a specific individual. They often originate from a fake account which was set up specifically in the targets name, even including samples of that actual persons writing and their valid email signature. Scammers are generally after large amounts of money here, sometimes millions of dollars, so it’s worth the extra time and effort. Let’s say 1 in 1000 People fall for this scam, the scammer still makes a bunch of money.
To echo what others have said here, these sorts of scammers are looking for the most vulnerable and most likely to fall for the scam. Typos and grammar errors filter out those who would just waste their time. Usually these types of scammers are just trying to extort a few hundred dollars from a vulnerable individual and they will send it out to hundreds of thousands of individuals waiting for the one vulnerable individual to respond.
However when scammers go after a high value target, such as when they target a company’s CEO/CFO, very often you do not see any grammar or spelling errors. These sorts of emails are generally very well worded and put together so as to mimic a specific individual. They often originate from a fake account which was set up specifically in the targets name, even including samples of that actual persons writing and their valid email signature. Scammers are generally after large amounts of money here, sometimes millions of dollars, so it’s worth the extra time and effort. Let’s say 1 in 1000 People fall for this scam, the scammer still makes a bunch of money.
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