Mumbai call centre scam: ‘Nothing's wrong in duping rich Americans’
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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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.
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Recently heard this story from my bartender, who had a family member lose some dough in this scam. The "rich American" part is just a weaselly justification for committing a crime, and doesn't deserve the prominence in the article it received.
It is more for giving insight into an asian scamming culture.
> Nasreen Bano Iqbal Balesahib, 59; and her sons Nadeem Iqbal Balasaheb, 30, and Shain Iqbal Balasaheb, 25, were arrested on Wednesday evening as they were listed as the owners of MAC Outsourcing Services Private Limited - the company that ran Universal Outsourcing Solutions, which is one of the raided companies. Incidentally, the raided M Bale House belongs to the family.
Owned a company and the building which housed the company. That argument rings even more hollow.
I interpreted it not as rich Americans specifically, but rather that America as a whole is much richer than India.
So true. it's turtles all the way down, too. Those liberals/conservatives aren't real Americans and don't have good values, like us conservatives/liberals. Those people in the city next door are all either snobs or criminals, lets try to keep them from coming to our town too much. That high school across town sucks and their students are assholes, we're better, let's go vandalize their school to show them. Our neighbors are horrible people, so it's okay that we're mean to them.
It's easy to vilify a group you truly know nothing about.
Do you mind expanding your reasoning on that? I'm not sure how you came to that conclusion. The modifier "alleged" was even used, so I don't see much vilification going on.
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But that won't happen because:
1. It would cost money.
2. A proper implementation would be encrypted, breaking ubiquitous surveillance.
This is like one of those ad games: If you press the button, you fix spam calls, but Twilio goes out of business. I couldn't press the button fast enough.
For the record, I like Twilio and I literally have their API open in another tab right now because I'm writing code against it. But if they can't do business in an environment that doesn't allow spam calls, they don't deserve to be in business.
Didn't you think you were calling a government office? They aren't exactly known for their customer service, whereas scammers are known for having a slick feel to their operation. Interesting that that was your tip off.
You probably would have figured it out as soon as they told you that you could settle your IRS debt with iTunes gift cards.
The real IRS will send you mail if you owe back taxes, and instruct you to call them.
"if I'm a father with no opportunity" suffices.
1) 1 USD is around 66 INR, so almost everyone is ingrained that people in USA are richer. Furthermore, the fact that stuff is perceived as "cheaper" in USA has not helped (even those who earn minimum wage in USA, can afford the latest iPhone, can't say the same about those in India).
2) Scammers can't see the damage they cause.
3) Some scammers don't even know they are scammers. (Especially the ones in IT that try to sell you anti-virus software claiming that your computer is infected).
4) personal note: I wonder what the sentence would be, if say it were US scammers, scamming Indians.
For some reason, a lot of people confuse the exchange rate with purchasing power, but these are distinct.
For example, 1 INR is 1.5 Yen, but the Japanese aren't 1.5 times as poor as the Indians (on average).
I just saw an photo this week on the People of Nepal Facebook page, and it was of a man who wanted a better life for his kids so he slaved over a little tea shop in a small city/town, and was able to send his kids to school and he talks about how he can wear their expensive watches and mingle with people at parties. (https://www.facebook.com/StoriesNepal/photos/a.4783809322603...)