Mumbai call centre scam: ‘Nothing's wrong in duping rich Americans’

squozzer wrote: post #2

That's OK. I don't feel very bad about the British conquest of India, or of Richard Gere kissing that really cute actress either.

> really cute

You americans. Sigh

Re: Mumbai call centre scam: ‘Nothing's wrong in duping rich Americans’

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Post by JumpCrisscross » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 2:43 PM UTC

On one hand, it'a easy to see this as an educational and cultural failure. On the other hand, many of our policies treat screwing over foreigners more lightly than screwing over fellow Americans.

Re: Mumbai call centre scam: ‘Nothing's wrong in duping rich Americans’

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Post by leecarraher » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 2:44 PM UTC

Heh, That's what i told the scammer, the scammer told me they had a refund from the IRS for me and they just needed a credit card number to "wire" it to.

But I am just so rich right now that I have no need for the extra money, maybe you could just "wire" it to some worthwhile charity. And of course take whatever you feel adequate for your efforts too. But yea really right now, I just got way too much money.

Re: Mumbai call centre scam: ‘Nothing's wrong in duping rich Americans’

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Post by eganist » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 2:49 PM UTC

samfisher83 wrote: post #3

The article doesn't mention what was the scam they did? Anyone know?

In a nutshell: people trained with American accents made calls to American taxpayers suggesting that they owed backtaxes and would be sued if they didn't pay up.

Re: Mumbai call centre scam: ‘Nothing's wrong in duping rich Americans’

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Post by bitwize » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 2:50 PM UTC

samfisher83 wrote: post #3

The article doesn't mention what was the scam they did? Anyone know?

I saw other news stories about it. They would pretend to be an IRS call center and tell the callee they owed back taxes.

The real IRS will send you mail if you owe back taxes, and instruct you to call them.

Re: Mumbai call centre scam: ‘Nothing's wrong in duping rich Americans’

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Post by akssri » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 2:58 PM UTC

eganist wrote: post #7

samfisher83 wrote: post #3

The article doesn't mention what was the scam they did? Anyone know?

In a nutshell: people trained with American accents made calls to American taxpayers suggesting that they owed backtaxes and would be sued if they didn't pay up.

If you can call those accents "American" (subject of 2+ such scam calls here).

Re: Mumbai call centre scam: ‘Nothing's wrong in duping rich Americans’

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Post by maxxxxx » Fri, Oct 07, 2016, 2:58 PM UTC

eganist wrote: post #7

samfisher83 wrote: post #3

The article doesn't mention what was the scam they did? Anyone know?

In a nutshell: people trained with American accents made calls to American taxpayers suggesting that they owed backtaxes and would be sued if they didn't pay up.

I got one of those calls and it sounded very credible. I called the number back and then I got a little nervous when the guy on the other end of the line seemed very uninterested and unprofessional. I don't how how far I would have gone if he had acted better.