“The Coronavirus Actually Has Some Good in it”

When companies send wildly inappropriate emails

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I’ve received this email from a real estate firm twice in the past few days.

I see a lot of absurd emails. Some are actually absurd by design. This is one of the secrets to why phishing attacks are effective via email:

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But this email appears sincere in its messaging, which is downright ridiculous.

Below is the email:

Here is the full message, lest I be accused of taking this out of context:

The Wuhan coronavirus, which has killed more than 80 people and infected thousands more in China, is making fixed mortgage rates cheaper! Investors are retreating to safe-haven asset classes amid an uptick in reported cases around the world, which could send mortgage rates even lower than than current rates, which are as low as 3.31%.