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by AlbertCory 1296 days ago
There's actually a building in Lagos where the Nigerian Prince scammers all work. Hugh Sinclair has seen it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhdZ2RfmiXo&list=PL4ugKP-T4L...

I would think they do know exactly what they're doing. There's no reason to think it's just to get past email filters or just to skip the smart people. It's probably both, plus other reasons we haven't even thought of.
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robocat 1296 days ago
> skip the smart people

I am not sure smart people are scammed less often than the average person. Perhaps smart people get sucked in by different scams (like buying altcoins, or complex speculation)?

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AlbertCory 1296 days ago
The John Podesta - Hillary phishing leak is out there on Wikileaks. This doesn't fit into any category I've seen:

0) Podesta got a letter-perfect message from "Google" asking him to change his password.

1) Podesta asked his IT guy if it was legit.

2) The IT guy said, "Yes, it is, but please set up 2FA."

3) Podesta clicked on it, ignoring the 2FA part (I think he ignored it).

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robocat 1293 days ago
Your reply hits a very high 68% fakeness score, according to https://huggingface.co/openai-detector/

I am guessing because you are cutting and pasting text?

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