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 From:  Matt   28 Jun 2023 22:23 
 To:  william (WILLIAMA)       3 of 6 
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I would imagine the influx of loan offer scams is a consequence of cost-of-living crisis, aka Cossie Livs. Those who are most affected by Cossie Livs are most likely going to be the most vulnerable and possibly also the most taken-in by this kind of scam and the scammers know it. 

It's a bit like scammers who target Facebook and the less tech-savvy individuals (often older people, unfortunately) by cloning accounts and then messaging all the original accounts friends asking them to help them out with money or something else they need.
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 From:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)   28 Jun 2023 22:32 
 To:  william (WILLIAMA)       4 of 6 
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I have stupid amounts of spam routed directly into my spam folder which I never look at except in case something was wrongly labelled. Once in a while I have to manually flag a new one. I get way too many newsletters which I do not want but am too lazy etc.
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 From:  william (WILLIAMA)    29 Jun 2023 20:10 
 To:  CHYRON (DSMITHHFX)      5 of 6 
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Yeah, I think it was the increase in volume plus the focus that alerted me. It's died down to around 15 or so per day on my hotmail address. I suppose a list from some website, account, subscription, free offer, whatever, in the last few years, has snagged me. It'll end eventually.

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 From:  william (WILLIAMA)    29 Jun 2023 20:17 
 To:  Matt      6 of 6 
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Not surprised. I remember reading that phishers sometimes deliberately make errors of grammar etc. Smart arses like me may say "that's a fake right there" but sometimes the very people who are desperate for help won't. I'm being weeded out as a waste of time because I'm not the target.

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