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Americans duped into losing $10B by illegal Indian call centres in 2022: report

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Re: Americans duped into losing $10B by illegal Indian call centres in 2022: report

#41

I find that a majority of our incoming calls are scams. Surprised that Google/Apple haven’t fixed this at the behest of the government.

This is the last time you'll find me praise Google but the "Screen Call" button has been a godsend for me, I haven't had to talk to a scammer in years at this point. Nobody makes it past the first couple of words.

Re: Americans duped into losing $10B by illegal Indian call centres in 2022: report

#42
Stopping the use of gift cards sold by Target or restricting their use would go a long way towards stopping this. Cracking down on the money mules who forward the cash would help as well. Reporting the bank accounts the scammers use and shutting them down is also key.

Re: Americans duped into losing $10B by illegal Indian call centres in 2022: report

#43

I find that a majority of our incoming calls are scams. Surprised that Google/Apple haven’t fixed this at the behest of the government.

I believe both Android and iOS support SHAKEN/STIR, as long as your carrier supports it. On my phone, at least, I see Caller IDs tagged with "likely spam" if a check fails.

Both Google Fi and T Mobile used to show up likely spam calls regularly and accurately, but sadly the only network with decent coverage where I live is AT&T, which does exactly as good a job of this as you’d expect AT&T to do.

Re: Americans duped into losing $10B by illegal Indian call centres in 2022: report

#44

“It may not be a national security concern yet, but the reputation (of a country) is involved, and we don’t want India to suffer on that count,” Daud told the publication. What about the victims?

> It may not be a national security concern yet

This translate to "we even conceive going into war because of this".

> but the reputation (of a country) is involved

And this translated to "and economic sanctions are very likely".

So, don't think this is a bland statement.

Re: Americans duped into losing $10B by illegal Indian call centres in 2022: report

#45
post #28

Canadian public broadcaster, CBC, reported this as "financial terrorism" back in 2019. Now it seems the references have been scrubbed out. $10B drained from old and financial vulnerable is absolutely ridiculous and should be called financial terrorism.

Terrorism requires a political goal. Simply wanting more money and stealing it isn't a political goal.

Re: Americans duped into losing $10B by illegal Indian call centres in 2022: report

#48

It's gotten bad enough that if someone with an Indian accent is calling me and it sounds like it's from a call center, I hang up immediately.

Another giveaway is an extra pause before they start talking. This is call software that lets them dial a bunch of numbers at once until someone answers and it switches the person that answered over to an available headset.

If you answer and say hello and there's an extra second just hang up. They'll call back if it is important.

Re: Americans duped into losing $10B by illegal Indian call centres in 2022: report

#49

It's gotten bad enough that if someone with an Indian accent is calling me and it sounds like it's from a call center, I hang up immediately.

I solely answer phone calls from anyone other than friends and family, work, and scheduled appointments.

Do you happen to work in a scam call center? If so that seems like a reasonable approach!

Re: Americans duped into losing $10B by illegal Indian call centres in 2022: report

#50

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While maybe an act of war is too harsh, we should be hitting them hard economically.

The police in India are paid off to allow this. Indeed, the best solution would be economic sanctions on India until it is resolved.
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