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There was actually a publication on this by Microsoft! Basically, the idea is to make the e-mail look as terrible as possible to:

>By sending an email that repels all but the most gullible the scammer gets the most promising marks to self-select, and tilts the true to false positive ratio in his favor.

https://research.microsoft.com/pubs/167719/WhyFromNigeria.pd...



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