New Tactic: Super Short Emails

Check out this scam email:

The goal here is to get me to respond. After several back and forth interactions they will make the offer or whatever.

The tells:

• Numbers in the email.

• Nonsensical Name Field

• Sycophantic Flattery

• No first person pronouns. The most common word in emails by humans is “I.” Only trained marketing professionals know how to use “you” instead. Thus, this is not a real reader.

• No signature. Who leaves out a signature when emailing a stranger?