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It isn’t that I disbelieve you. But why do you think they originate from China? Almost all of mine are related to health insurance or small business loans. Is

It isn’t that I disbelieve you. But why do you think they originate from China? Almost all of mine are related to health insurance or small business loans. Is this what you think comes from China?

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caymanjim 7y ago
Literally all the spam calls I receive are in Mandarin. I don't speak Mandarin, but from what I've read, it's a scam targeting Mandarin speakers, telling them that they or their loved ones back in China are in some legal or immigration trouble, and demanding that money be sent to someone in China. As I don't speak Mandarin, I can't confirm that all my calls are this specific scam, nor does that necessarily mean that the calls originate in China. The "block China" comment was more of an example. For all I know, it's a scam organized and operated from inside the US that just happens to target Mandarin speakers. My comment was for illustrative purposes, with some assumptions backed by various news articles (a few random ones linked below). I should note that I have a NYC phone number and this specific Chinese-targeted scam is the source of basically all spam calls to New Yorkers (anecdotally, but strongly so based on everyone I know in NYC getting the same calls, and on the reporting indicating that SF and NYC are the prime targets). [1]: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-behind-all-those-chinese-speaking-robocalls/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-behind-all-those-chinese-... [2]: https://www.pcmag.com/news/367491/chinese-embassy-robocall-scam-rakes-in-40m-from-victims https://www.pcmag.com/news/367491/chinese-embassy-robocall-s... [3]: https://www.npr.org/2018/05/10/609117134/chinese-robocalls-bombarding-the-u-s-are-part-of-an-international-phone-scam https://www.npr.org/2018/05/10/609117134/chinese-robocalls-b...
stevenwoo 7y ago
About half of my spam voice mail messages are in Mandarin but I assume they are targeting me because I have a northern California prefix (there was a huge phone scam involving elderly Chinese in San Francisco recently), and have no clue of the country of origin.

It isn’t that I disbelieve you. But why do you think they originate from China? Almost all of mine are related to health insurance or small business loans. Is this what you think comes from China?

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caymanjim 7y ago

Literally all the spam calls I receive are in Mandarin. I don't speak Mandarin, but from what I've read, it's a scam targeting Mandarin speakers, telling them that they or their loved ones back in China are in some legal or immigration trouble, and demanding that money be sent to someone in China. As I don't speak Mandarin, I can't confirm that all my calls are this specific scam, nor does that necessarily mean that the calls originate in China. The "block China" comment was more of an example. For all I know, it's a scam organized and operated from inside the US that just happens to target Mandarin speakers. My comment was for illustrative purposes, with some assumptions backed by various news articles (a few random ones linked below). I should note that I have a NYC phone number and this specific Chinese-targeted scam is the source of basically all spam calls to New Yorkers (anecdotally, but strongly so based on everyone I know in NYC getting the same calls, and on the reporting indicating that SF and NYC are the prime targets). [1]: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-behind-all-those-chinese-speaking-robocalls/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whats-behind-all-those-chinese-... [2]: https://www.pcmag.com/news/367491/chinese-embassy-robocall-scam-rakes-in-40m-from-victims https://www.pcmag.com/news/367491/chinese-embassy-robocall-s... [3]: https://www.npr.org/2018/05/10/609117134/chinese-robocalls-bombarding-the-u-s-are-part-of-an-international-phone-scam https://www.npr.org/2018/05/10/609117134/chinese-robocalls-b...

stevenwoo 7y ago

About half of my spam voice mail messages are in Mandarin but I assume they are targeting me because I have a northern California prefix (there was a huge phone scam involving elderly Chinese in San Francisco recently), and have no clue of the country of origin.