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Telcos are not incentivized to do much about this problem because they get paid by the scammers to complete their calls. As long as telcos continue to make mon
by alyandon 7y ago
Telcos are not incentivized to do much about this problem because they get paid by the scammers to complete their calls. As long as telcos continue to make money from these fraudulent calls, the problem will continue to exist.
I'm not even sure that raising the floor cost of making calls would help because scammers only have to swindle a single person out of thousands of dollars to offset the costs. :(
- nobodyandproud 7y agoMaybe. It would be interesting to know the average dollar raked in per call.
- Aloha 7y agoIt depends on rate center - remember those free conference services - they often used rate centers which were rural so they had a higher termination charge, which meant that the service was profitable. While I'm having trouble finding hard rates - with the big carriers, I know its not a ton of money now in any case - low enough that I dont think the financial incentive is a relevant course of action, it just subsidizes the trunking infrastructure needed to support the calls. See Call Pumping: https://www.fcc.gov/general/traffic-pumping https://www.fcc.gov/general/traffic-pumping
- nobodyandproud 7y agoNo. I mean the average dollar amount scammed per call. I assume most calls are not successful, but over a thousand calls how much can a scammer expect to make?