Dead giveaway for me is the language of the email itself. i isn't capitalized, spacing wrong, wrong conjugation of verbs, etc. No one who's even trying to look professional would ever put that into a communication with a prospective client, ever.
But as others said, using words like cheque instead of check is a giveaway that the sender is NOT American. Just as if you saw the word Y'all you wouldn't think a Brit was the sender.
Some times the text is so bad you can tell plain as day that they used a translator (ala Google language tools) to translate what they said into English.
It's amazing the number of scams I've read about that made mistakes like that. They go to the trouble to get a legit-looking email, but don't bother with the easy stuff.
That's not the ONLY way, smart thieves will cover that but it's one way to spot the really stupid ones.
But as others said, using words like cheque instead of check is a giveaway that the sender is NOT American. Just as if you saw the word Y'all you wouldn't think a Brit was the sender.
Some times the text is so bad you can tell plain as day that they used a translator (ala Google language tools) to translate what they said into English.
It's amazing the number of scams I've read about that made mistakes like that. They go to the trouble to get a legit-looking email, but don't bother with the easy stuff.
That's not the ONLY way, smart thieves will cover that but it's one way to spot the really stupid ones.
