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This Phishing email... What is the IP?
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Took me a second to figure out what was wrong with the email... I choked on a laugh when I saw the IP
What a bizarre, narrow window of knowledge that person must have
Alternatively, the scammer is saving themselves some time; more educated, well-versed people will see the ip and not bother calling in. Less savvy people who don't know the IP address is bogus are likely easier to scam if they call the phone number or reply to the mail.
This is exactly right, I'm pretty sure. Scam emails are poorly written and have tells for anyone paying attention on purpose. It's a feature, not an error.
Scammers don't want to waste time on someone who will never believe that the government takes Walmart gift cards.
Dark patterns, aka reverse psychology, are rather fucked up by their very nature...
That's exactly the reaction they want. That aspect of the scam helps filter out people who might be smart enough to properly retaliate if they were to get scammed out of 20k or whatever.