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plagiaristyesterday at 6:45 PM1 replyview on HN

Obviousness in spam is a feature, they don't have to waste effort on people who know better.


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Nextgridyesterday at 8:04 PM

This only applies to spam which requires significant follow-up effort from the spammer to respond to potential victims; effectively just 419 "advance-fee" fraud scams.

For spam which only does not require manual effort on the other side, there is no reason to filter out potential victims and all the more reason to make it look as legit as possible to maximize conversion rates.

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