If more people could spell and use correct grammar...

[debgeisler]

...it would be harder to tell the scammers from the legitimate businesses (well, generally speaking).

Let's hear it for semi-literate hackers and crooks!

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[mkillingworth.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, my parents almost fell for a mail phishing scheme last week because the writers were literate and *very* good. There were just a couple of little red flags in the letter that caused me to do a Google search. It didn't take me five minutes to uncover seriously bad info on the company that actually sent the letter. They used a major Fortune 500 company letterhead and purported to be writing on their behalf, but they gave a c/o address as a return address. That can't be good. Fortunately, I was able to convince Daddy that it was a scam.