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Lots of these robocalls are fraudulent. They say nonsense like they're the FBI acting on behalf of the IRS, with a warrant for my arrest. If somebody ran a scam

Lots of these robocalls are fraudulent. They say nonsense like they're the FBI acting on behalf of the IRS, with a warrant for my arrest. If somebody ran a scam like that through the USPS, they'd become a guest of the US Bureau of Prisons for a few years. Internet DoSers get prison time too. But not these parasites. If the scammers are offshore, an arrest or two in the customs hall at an airport will get peoples' attention. Prison time, big fines, and restitution will be a more effective deterrent than what we have today. The American Graffiti (1974) writers correctly described the current system of uncollected fines. https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/6cac9bde-4762-41c2-8b76-264eba949940 https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/6cac9bde-4762-41c2-8b76-264eba9... Even if hard time doesn't deter these people, a few big cases will at least let the federal government project the illusion they're doing something about it.

colejohnson66 7y ago
The problem is also that a lot of them are not in the US. We can’t touch them usually.
- Scoundreller 7y ago
  Unless they leave the country. If/when they visit a country with... any... positive relations with US/Canada, pounce. And cutoff their bankers from the US financial system. India won’t be happy if it starts to lose its call-centre industry as a whole because of some bad actors. India and the US have extradition treaties. There’s a lot of ways to put on the pressure.
- dronestriker 7y ago
  >We can’t touch them usually. Sure we can... with drone strikes! I'm sure dead phone spammers would have 90% support from the public. The other 10% can cry their salty tears and pretend they're getting spammed to feel better!