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This Phishing email... What is the IP? (programming.dev)

submitted 6 days ago by RonSijm@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] definitemaybe@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This is exactly right, I'm pretty sure. Scam emails are poorly written and have tells for anyone paying attention on purpose. It's a feature, not an error.

Scammers don't want to waste time on someone who will never believe that the government takes Walmart gift cards.

[–] forrgott@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 days ago

Dark patterns, aka reverse psychology, are rather fucked up by their very nature...