Why do some scam messages look fake?

I believe that many friends are no strangers to the topic of telecom fraud, and many of them are deceived, but more friends are alert enough to sneer at these fraudulent short messages. Now the text messages of those scammers are all idiots, and they are fake at first glance. Why do so many people fall for it? Let's look at the crux of the problem.

The first conclusion is that for fraudulent short messages, it is exactly this kind of fraudulent short messages that look fake, and that kind of realistic fraudulent short messages do not conform to the market rules.

Here's an explanation: from the perspective of cost analysis. There are two kinds of common scam messages: one is that scam messages directly ask you to make money, such as "Please remit money to xxxxxxxx account, with the account name xxx". This kind of fraudulent short message is simple and rude, purely by chance, and it is difficult to have technical content. The other is to befriend or put a hook first, such as "Your son has a car accident" and "There is something wrong with your bank card". This scam message is only the first step of fraud, and the ultimate goal is to cheat the other party to make money, so as long as the money is not available, it is useless.

Let's focus on the second type of scam messages. What if the hook is made attractive and realistic? Therefore, a large number of people will take the bait, even those who are very vigilant. This is very unfavorable for scammers, who need to spend a lot of time and energy in the follow-up communication. But when it comes to the most critical link of making money, people with strong vigilance can easily find it, which greatly reduces the input-output ratio. For scammers, this seemingly false scam message is a sieve to screen out the target.

The more fake scam messages look, the fewer people will take the bait, but these people who take the bait are the least vigilant people, and they are the targets of scammers. So in a word, if you think fraudulent text messages look silly, it means that scammers don't like you at all. They just screen out cheating objects through these seemingly fake and stupid short messages, and there are always a group of stupid people who will fall for it. After all, our country is crowded.