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I'm throwing my vote in with the guy who suggested maybe he's getting money from the companies for getting more people to call about their services. Both ends
by wccrawford 15y ago
I'm throwing my vote in with the guy who suggested maybe he's getting money from the companies for getting more people to call about their services. Both ends are getting scammed, but it costs one of them time, and one of them money.
- pyoung 15y agoIn the comments section on the blog, someone mentioned that the scammer might be running a call-center for the companies, where they get paid by the minute for their services. I think that would better explain the 6 minute requirement than the 'lead generation' argument.
- a3camero 15y agoCall center profit would probably be too low to make this worthwhile. $15/hr * 0.1 hours = $1.50. Seems like the complex Craigslisting wouldn't make sense with this little profit at stake per call they manage to finagle.
- pyoung 15y agoI agree that it seems like a lot of work for little reward. However I think you ignored the fact that the OP made multiple calls that lasted over 6 minutes (in the comments section he also mentioned that the phone numbers he was calling were fairly similar to each other). So $15/hr0.1 hours6 calls = $15. The fact that all of the coordination is done through e-mail means that the scammer could have multiple people per day doing this. Which would add up to a small chunk of change, enough to keep his operation going, especially if business is slow. It is almost like an old-school version of click fraud.