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This Phishing email... What is the IP?
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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...