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Let him have his vendetta. What is someone in India who is so poor he needs to work on the phones for one of these scammers going to do? It would take quite a

by sqeaky 10y ago

Let him have his vendetta. What is someone in India who is so poor he needs to work on the phones for one of these scammers going to do? It would take quite a while to save up for a plane ticket, and they would be risking their job if they abused their access to the phone system. If they somehow do own that scam business, then anything they do risks their profit margin.

ceejayoz 10y ago
Really not hard to imagine how someone half the world away could make life miserable for someone - SWATting, bomb threats to kids' schools, harassing phone calls. All already happen regularly.
- sqeaky 10y ago
  I suppose you are right in some extreme sense and technical sense. I would be opening myself up to those repurcussions, but we are all open to them all the time and I would like to think the FBI or whatever SWAT team would send an officer over for a chat after getting an anonymous call from India, instead of just busting a door down. The foolishness of such moves is why they are newsworthy and many things must fail to make then happen. Perhaps this is why the wikipedia list[1] of them numbers 15 and many several federal charges against the person. These are all crimes that open up that business to risk and legal repercussion. The last thing a scam business wants is an international incident drawing attention to them. I almost welcome if it means the long term shutdown of those parasites. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting#Notable_cases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting#Notable_cases
  - ceejayoz 10y ago
    "Notable victims" doesn't mean "no other victims". Among other things, some police departments are attempting to reduce the incidence of them by not publicizing them. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/swatting-lapd-to-keep-quiet-about-prank-911-call-cases/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/swatting-lapd-to-keep-quiet-abou... These don't appear as "anonymous calls from India". Just like the spam calls, the caller IDs are spoofed to appear local.

by sqeaky 10y ago

ceejayoz 10y ago

Really not hard to imagine how someone half the world away could make life miserable for someone - SWATting, bomb threats to kids' schools, harassing phone calls. All already happen regularly.

sqeaky 10y ago
I suppose you are right in some extreme sense and technical sense. I would be opening myself up to those repurcussions, but we are all open to them all the time and I would like to think the FBI or whatever SWAT team would send an officer over for a chat after getting an anonymous call from India, instead of just busting a door down. The foolishness of such moves is why they are newsworthy and many things must fail to make then happen. Perhaps this is why the wikipedia list[1] of them numbers 15 and many several federal charges against the person. These are all crimes that open up that business to risk and legal repercussion. The last thing a scam business wants is an international incident drawing attention to them. I almost welcome if it means the long term shutdown of those parasites. [1] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting#Notable_cases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting#Notable_cases
- ceejayoz 10y ago
  "Notable victims" doesn't mean "no other victims". Among other things, some police departments are attempting to reduce the incidence of them by not publicizing them. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/swatting-lapd-to-keep-quiet-about-prank-911-call-cases/ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/swatting-lapd-to-keep-quiet-abou... These don't appear as "anonymous calls from India". Just like the spam calls, the caller IDs are spoofed to appear local.