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Yea - I think illicit callers are going to follow laws whenever possible. "Criminals always be crime-ing" is an argument that can be used to counter having any
by munk-a 4y ago
Yea - I think illicit callers are going to follow laws whenever possible. "Criminals always be crime-ing" is an argument that can be used to counter having any laws but it has a fatal flaw - criminals generally don't want unnecessary attention. The more agencies they piss off by violating regulations the more likely it is that their activities will be suspended.
A lot of the crime you see on TV comes from highly irrational and unpredictable people, but scamming is usually a pretty rational decision if you live somewhere where repercussions are unlikely and the expected income is high.
- kube-system 4y agoI'm not arguing that we should roll back any legislation against wire fraud or spam calls. I am saying that the evidence demonstrates that those laws were not effective in deterring the overseas criminals who continue to constitute the bulk of these calls. They are simply not in the jurisdiction in which we are passing these laws. If US wire fraud charges aren't enough attention, I'm not sure what marginal increase in attention one could possibly expect from an additional law.