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I was thinking about the scammer’s side. If a password creation dialog asks for the daily Wordle answer and it doesn’t trigger a red flag, the predator isn’t smarter than the prey at all apparently.

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By watching a lot of the videos, you'll learn that a lot of these scammers don't seem to have any actual technical knowledge at all. For example, a really old series of videos have Kit use a joke Windows app called Windows RG and scammers still go along with it.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F0peLpovDB8

They were most likely trained to work with the script they have and their technical knowledge is based on that.

They don't even realize Windows 95 is a thing [1] and why the script they follow isn't working.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHQUS-JSSKs

While intelligence plays a part, even smart people will ignore obvious red flags if they think they are winning.

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