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by pixelgeek 1671 days ago
> I don't think that the Nigerian scammers are necessarily unsophisticated. Their scam emails intentionally contain enough red flags that any reasonably intelligent person will recognize the scam and not reply.

It is actually deliberate. It has been part of scams like that for decades

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/microsoft/9346371/Nig...

It used to be seen in scams sent via the post as well.