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Some links, from HN. None were particuarly helpful. But if anyone finds this later in the same situation, I will try and make it a bit easier for them as this s
by vonklaus 10y ago
Some links, from HN. None were particuarly helpful. But if anyone finds this later in the same situation, I will try and make it a bit easier for them as this sucks.
1. What to do about ID theft (2 comments / 2009)
2. MS Phone scam(1c, 2014, not very useful)
3. Phone Scammers(3c, 2013)
4. Guardian link about Indian callcenters/phone scamming(0c, article)
1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=695415 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=695415
2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9241168 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9241168
3. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8136782 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8136782
4. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/phone-scam-india-call-centres http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jul/18/phone-scam-india...
edit: will add more useful info, as I find them
- DanBC 10y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7868166 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7868166 A link to a BBC Radio programme that contains a bit about a woman who responded to telephone scammers. She lost £15,000.
- vonklaus 10y agooh man. That is terrible but helpful. That is similar to what happened and it was ($260 CAD, but we are US based), so it sounds like this is ongoing, and exactly what i wanted to know. They will likely call again to retarget her as it was successful the first time.