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That's seem to be the case [1]

"Therefore, it's in the scammers' best interest to minimize the number of false positives who cost them effort but never send them cash. By sending an initial email that's obvious in its shortcomings, the scammers are isolating the most gullible targets"

[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/why-nigerian-scam-emails-are...




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