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A lot is caused by the forwarding services that mask the numbers. Really each should be held liable for any damages.
(My entire understanding of law comes from law and order so take what i said with a grain of salt)
Still I felt uncomfortable and asked for a Teams session with screensharing instead (and not remote access), but this 'was not possible'.
So, how are people to distinguish between 'fake' calls and real ones if companies still use such shitty techniques?
Set your phone to silence unknown callers. Completely eliminated the issue for me, along with any other random goofball trying to call me.
Just hope your life partner doesn’t lock themselves out of the house and try to call you from a polite strangers phone.
US must take strict actions and call out India publicly. Elderly people are weak, education isn't going to solve the scam problem. Scammers must be punished harsly. They erode the trust in system.
Also, Indian government is not doing anything. In many places like Kolkata, scammers can get away easily by bribing police. Our phone are being redirected to India, and they can abuse our phone number. I wish, the US government passes strict rules and regulations to keep these scammers in check.
A lot is caused by the forwarding services that mask the numbers. Really each should be held liable for any damages.
Maybe requiring them to post a large bond (proportional to the liability) and/or have insurance?
It's mind-boggling that the United States allows this kind of thing to happen. In the EU I get maybe one spam call every couple of months. From the stories you hear from Americans on HN, Americans get multiple spam/scam calls a day, and the vast majority of their inbound calls are spam/scams. What is going wrong in the US that isn't going wrong in the EU? Language barrier? Regulatory capture?