Like, it can’t be a real person, right? Has anyone tried following the links? I’m curious how they’re scamming people. It just seems like anyone getting the same message 5 times won’t fall for being catfished, so I don’t understand what their strategy is.

  • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    The initial fishing is a low effort, wide net. What follows actually takes the investment of man hours and/or other resources. They would rather get 1 catch they can take all the way, than 500 where 495 will figure it out later and bail.

      • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        No evidence that we have. The spammers obviously think it’s worth doing however, and they are the ones that would have the statistics.

          • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            4 months ago

            Does it however? I’m not up to speed on modern anti spam, but a huge number of spelling mistakes screams spam to me. I would be extremely surprised if it wasn’t the case. The best way to deliver spam is to make it indistinguishable from legit messages.

            Also, the existence of spear fishing implies it’s a choice.