fatchap Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 (edited) Just got a brilliant text from someone claiming to be from pay pal. All the usual hallmarks, Not my name but Customer but its the spelling that really stands out it is awful, I think my dog could do better. How on earth the author of this text expects to get away with it with spelling and grammar like this then he is wasting his time maybe he should use a paypal account to buy The English Language for Dummies book. £7.99 Ebay. I have changed the original link as I didn't want to post a link on here to an illegal site. The original was a lot longer. To customher You pay pal assount has been loked do too failed log in atemps. Follow the link to resist you passwerds www.paypal.reset.com. Edited December 12, 2020 by fatchap Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wascal Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 Bad "speeling" is normally deliberate. 1. If you don't spot the errors you are more likely to fall for the scam. 2. Key words are often mis-spelt to try and get round email spam filters. 3. Most people don't write perfect english so think a few errors could mean it's from a human not a computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 6 minutes ago, wascal said: Bad "speeling" is normally deliberate. 1. If you don't spot the errors you are more likely to fall for the scam. 2. Key words are often mis-spelt to try and get round email spam filters. 3. Most people don't write perfect english so think a few errors could mean it's from a human not a computer. Yes, that seems to be the way of "aiming it" at the correct type of "careless" people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loriusgarrulus Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 I forward everything like that to spoof@paypal.com. They always send me a nice email thanking me for taking the time to do it. They have a team that chase them up.👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam triple Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 No doubt someone will fall for it though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Heron Posted December 12, 2020 Report Share Posted December 12, 2020 Did he learn it from a book. 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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