An INVOICE for having COVID?!

[@BeingSwenglish]

*Have your received one of these letters? If so, comment below and tell us whether you thought that it was genuine?*

[@herrtalman3079]

thats evil, as a swede i have not gotten this yet, but thanks for telling and warning, stay safe

[@BeingSwenglish]

Absolut pleasure!

[@herrtalman3079]

@@BeingSwenglish good to hear 👍

[@reallivebluescat]

I wonder if the bad spelling could be deliberate , like so many email scams? Where they purposly try to target people with poor education, in hope they are more gullible

[@BeingSwenglish]

Possibly, who knows, but regardless I hate to think about how many might have fallen for it already. The use of Crypto will definitely reduce that figure though, fortunately!

[@Steff2929again]

@@BeingSwenglish Poor language is sadly used intentionally. It a well known trick. Scammers only wants replies from people who are likely to fall prey more or less instantly. They insert sufficient clues into their messages so as to discourage responses from anyone who isn’t sufficiently gullible. It buys them time and is a way to shift the blame onto the victim. Quite a few victims are too ashamed to report these kinds of scams, which is a part of the business concept.

[@BeingSwenglish]

That could indeed be the case, or it's just due to it not being a Swedish-originated scam, who knows!