Phishing gets more serious

[tangor]

Got this today:

"Enclosed New Order copy for your execution."

Didn't know I'd been charged, convicted, and sentenced to death. Whew!

The chuckles continue as the spammers keep trying to find action trigger language to get folks to "bite".

Somebody apparently swallowed a thesaurus... English-as-a-Second-Language...

[lammert]

Many of these phishing emails are not targeted at the well educated native English speaking world population but at those with English as a second or third language in environments where computer age and software protection or not always up to par with what is needed to cope with today's threats. Spammers don't care about their grammar and spelling mistakes, as long as it doesn't influence their successful hit rate which in this case is probably opening their infected payload in an attached file.

[lucy24]

Spammers don't care about their grammar and spelling mistakes

I’ve even read that the errors are intentional, because it filters out all but the stupidest and/or least educated readers ... who make up the target market.

[tangor]

stupidest and/or least educated

A bit harsh and unkind, but spot on!