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Often stances of the governments across the world are: we’ll ignore it unless it becomes a problem for us. Often, in organized crime, money flows back to the go

Often stances of the governments across the world are: we’ll ignore it unless it becomes a problem for us. Often, in organized crime, money flows back to the government and creates job opportunities for people that keeps them happy. There is a reason. Why there’s so many scam call centers in India. The government will turn a blind eye until someone comes in with proof that raises a stink or if other international government agencies get involved.

mschuster91 2y ago
> There is a reason. Why there’s so many scam call centers in India. According to a commenter on HN from a few months ago [1], the reason is a political division - the scam callcenters are in West Bengal, where the ruling political party turns a blind eye due to corruption and to provide annoyance towards the federal government ruled by the BJP. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38968542 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38968542
- darth_avocado 2y ago
  Corruption is definitely part of it, but I wouldn’t blame it purely on politics. Kolkata in West Bengal definitely has scam call centers but that’s only one of the cities. Gurugram near New Delhi [2], Hyderabad [1], Bangalore [3] and Pune all have scam call centers and all of them fall under the governance of different regional and national political parties. [1] https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/fake-call-center-duping-us-citizens-raided-in-hyderabad-115-cyber-fraudsters-held/amp_articleshow/102656202.cms https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/fake-call... [2] https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/delhi/two-illegal-bpos-busted-in-delhi-26-arrested-for-cheating-us-nationals-1503265651.html/amp https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/delhi/two-illegal-bpos-b... [3] https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/call-centre-fraud-72-employees-were-paid-in-cash-ferried-in-school-buses/amp_articleshow/92758061.cms https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/call-cent...

mschuster91 2y ago

> There is a reason. Why there’s so many scam call centers in India. According to a commenter on HN from a few months ago [1], the reason is a political division - the scam callcenters are in West Bengal, where the ruling political party turns a blind eye due to corruption and to provide annoyance towards the federal government ruled by the BJP. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38968542 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38968542

darth_avocado 2y ago
Corruption is definitely part of it, but I wouldn’t blame it purely on politics. Kolkata in West Bengal definitely has scam call centers but that’s only one of the cities. Gurugram near New Delhi [2], Hyderabad [1], Bangalore [3] and Pune all have scam call centers and all of them fall under the governance of different regional and national political parties. [1] https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/fake-call-center-duping-us-citizens-raided-in-hyderabad-115-cyber-fraudsters-held/amp_articleshow/102656202.cms https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/fake-call... [2] https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/delhi/two-illegal-bpos-busted-in-delhi-26-arrested-for-cheating-us-nationals-1503265651.html/amp https://www.thestatesman.com/cities/delhi/two-illegal-bpos-b... [3] https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/call-centre-fraud-72-employees-were-paid-in-cash-ferried-in-school-buses/amp_articleshow/92758061.cms https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/call-cent...