Our government can put a man in the Moon (supposedly). Yet they can do nothing to stop these filthy scammers from preying on the vulnerable.
My advice to Trump 2.0: Set up a team of clever computer guys (you wouldn’t need many) to figure out how to counter-strike those pigs.
Oh, and maybe invest a few dollars in public service ads. I myself wouldn’t know anything about this racket if I hadn’t accidentally come across a few YouTube videos.
When my niece was about 1, 1.5 years old, my brother had a marvelous technique for telemarketers and scammers. He handed the phone to his little girl. She thought it was sooooo special that she got to do what the adults do! She would make all kinds of sounds, and a few words. Sometimes, we could not stop laughing as the telemarketer continued his sales pitch.
There was one other time, a salesman came to the door. My brother has one of those very secure screen doors with a deadbolt lock. As the salesman started his spiel, dad had his daughter do the same thing. Fun!
Sounds like Jolly Roger bot, 214 666 4321
Hopefully the banks are in on it. Prohibit wire transfers out and When the scumbag scammer tries to withdraw money in person from the fake account he gets immediately arrested.
My dad loved getting junk calls. He would start telling them about his ailments and how they occurred. I would sit at the table and spit coffee laughing so hard.
Back when I used to get scam calls I would just say, in the most doofus voice I could muster: “I ain’t got no money” over and over until they hung up. My wife hated it but to me it was good fun.
My friend got a call from some vitamin scammers. Since he was sitting and watching a football game and had nothing else to do, he decided to play along. He asked many intelligent questions. Often the scammer had to go ask his supervisor. My friend would start giving him his credit card number, then think of another question right in the middle of the number that would send the scammer back to the super.
He managed to keep the guy occupied for 3 hours. They finally hung up.
My 80+ year old husband loves to aggravate the scammers if they call when he doesn’t have anything else to do.
In our area the scammers often co-op local private phone numbers that list the owners name.
One time he got a call that caller ID said came from himself!
Call coming from out the country should be limited to 3 calls per day from any given phone number that is not authenticated to be legit. That would stop them. Also charging for all incoming over seas calls beyond a set allowance would slow them down. Back in the day when the originator had to pay for these calls then the scam model would have never worked.
Phew! So complicated. Just don’t take calls from unknown numbers. Isn’t that what voicemail is for?