• thr0w4w4y2@sh.itjust.works
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    1 month ago

    In addition to what others have already posted, I suspect that this might be an attempt to evade spam/phishing filters that are looking for an IP address with a specific regular expression. Having a fake IP address that doesn’t match the traditional ^((25\[0-5]|(2\[0-4]|1\d|\[1-9]|)\d)\\.?\b){4}$ format might let this message slip through.

  • 9point6@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I often assume this kind of thing is part of an effort to filter for idiots

    If you know that’s an invalid IP address, you’re probably less likely to fall for the scam after the scammer has put the setup work in. So if they filter you out before a scammer has to spend any actual effort on you, that means more time they can spend scamming people who might be more likely to fall for it

    That’s why these things often have egregious spelling errors and other seemingly obvious red flags