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> "It was like cops come to your door for passport verification. The Facebook representative asked me to prove my credentials by asking for my Aadhaar card and

> "It was like cops come to your door for passport verification. The Facebook representative asked me to prove my credentials by asking for my Aadhaar card and other documents to understand if I am the one who had posted the political content," the person, who did not wish to be named, told IANS. How many of you would have told the guy to f* off, even if it meant losing your FB account?

jacquesm 8y ago
> How many of you would have told the guy to f* off, even if it meant losing your FB account? I wouldn't just tell them to fuck off but call LE on them, it's really not up to FB to send goons to your house to demand paperwork.
- chrisseaton 8y ago
  > but call LE on them For what? Anyone can ask anyone for paperwork. People can just say no. It doesn't really sound like a police matter, does it? (Unless there's different laws in India, but it's common-law isn't it?)
  - TheSpiceIsLife 8y ago
    In Australia we are frequently reminded that scammers operate by posing. In that context the correct thing to do is report the incident to police, that way the police can, if they get enough reports, raise an alert through their usual channels to advise the populace to be on the lookout for scammers operating in a particular manner. Call me paranoid, but I always assume anyone claiming to be from <company> or <government> to be a scammer until proven otherwise, and I tell them that: “if I can’t authenticate you then we can’t communicate, and it’s up to your organisation to work out how to do that”.
    - chrisseaton 8y ago
      > I always assume anyone claiming to be from <company> or <government> to be a scammer until proven otherwise Yeah, tell them 'no thanks', or just don't answer the door to people you aren't expecting. None of this is a police matter though.
      - TheSpiceIsLife 8y ago
        Perhaps you misunderstood the part about how we are encouraged to report these sorts of incidents so law enforcement can be aware of what is occurring in the community. The police aren’t about to send a car out to investigate every report, or probably any of them. But they can and do raise alerts via their website and social media to advise residents of suspicious activity. Again, this is in Australia, where I live. Known to be the prototypical nanny-state, but it does have some benefits.
- scarejunba 8y ago
  Oh my God. Do you live in Atherton or something? I always wondered what it would be like to see this stuff live - the frivolous use of police time. The purse-clutching here is unbelievable.
- friedman23 8y ago
  >I wouldn't just tell them to fuck off but call LE on them How can you even justify this?
  - jacquesm 8y ago
    Because total strangers appearing at my door to ask for (copies of) identity papers could easily be a precursor to identity fraud. It may surprise you but where I live we are actively encouraged to report suspicious situations to the police: https://www.politie.nl/themas/melden.html https://www.politie.nl/themas/melden.html We also do not have an adversarial relationship with the police, and they genuinely appreciate citizens reporting behavior that is or could be illegal. Some older family members have been scammed by people at their door claiming to be from utility companies, without an official established policy of companies like FB and others doing 'in person' KYC my first assumption would be that something shady is going on.

jacquesm 8y ago

> How many of you would have told the guy to f* off, even if it meant losing your FB account? I wouldn't just tell them to fuck off but call LE on them, it's really not up to FB to send goons to your house to demand paperwork.

chrisseaton 8y ago
> but call LE on them For what? Anyone can ask anyone for paperwork. People can just say no. It doesn't really sound like a police matter, does it? (Unless there's different laws in India, but it's common-law isn't it?)
- TheSpiceIsLife 8y ago
  In Australia we are frequently reminded that scammers operate by posing. In that context the correct thing to do is report the incident to police, that way the police can, if they get enough reports, raise an alert through their usual channels to advise the populace to be on the lookout for scammers operating in a particular manner. Call me paranoid, but I always assume anyone claiming to be from <company> or <government> to be a scammer until proven otherwise, and I tell them that: “if I can’t authenticate you then we can’t communicate, and it’s up to your organisation to work out how to do that”.
  - chrisseaton 8y ago
    > I always assume anyone claiming to be from <company> or <government> to be a scammer until proven otherwise Yeah, tell them 'no thanks', or just don't answer the door to people you aren't expecting. None of this is a police matter though.
    - TheSpiceIsLife 8y ago
      Perhaps you misunderstood the part about how we are encouraged to report these sorts of incidents so law enforcement can be aware of what is occurring in the community. The police aren’t about to send a car out to investigate every report, or probably any of them. But they can and do raise alerts via their website and social media to advise residents of suspicious activity. Again, this is in Australia, where I live. Known to be the prototypical nanny-state, but it does have some benefits.
scarejunba 8y ago
Oh my God. Do you live in Atherton or something? I always wondered what it would be like to see this stuff live - the frivolous use of police time. The purse-clutching here is unbelievable.
friedman23 8y ago
>I wouldn't just tell them to fuck off but call LE on them How can you even justify this?
- jacquesm 8y ago
  Because total strangers appearing at my door to ask for (copies of) identity papers could easily be a precursor to identity fraud. It may surprise you but where I live we are actively encouraged to report suspicious situations to the police: https://www.politie.nl/themas/melden.html https://www.politie.nl/themas/melden.html We also do not have an adversarial relationship with the police, and they genuinely appreciate citizens reporting behavior that is or could be illegal. Some older family members have been scammed by people at their door claiming to be from utility companies, without an official established policy of companies like FB and others doing 'in person' KYC my first assumption would be that something shady is going on.