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A collaborative effort by the FBI, local police and Indian authorities has shut down a huge scam call center operation in India that saw Americans lose nearly $50 million.
The FBI Baltimore Field Office, Montgomery County Police Department and Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office announced that a coordinated investigation traced scams reported by residents in Montgomery County, Maryland, to “extensive international scam call center operations in India that had been targeting Americans since 2022,” according to a FBI Baltimore news release (1).
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In the news release, the FBI says that since 2022, about 660 people in the U.S. reported falling victim to government impersonation and tech support scams connected to these call centers, with losses totaling a staggering $48,778,230. In Maryland alone, nearly two dozen victims reported losing a total of $6,257,869 — meaning an average of $260,744 per person.
Behind those staggering figures are real people who believed they were protecting their savings — until it was too late.
Their stories reveal what you can do to protect yourself.
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BLOW THEM UP!!
What is the difference between these scams and the US government and State Governments offshoring to India work such as vote registration software and Medicaid enrollment determination that requires knowledge of US law and customs?
Exactly. If we can do it in Iran, we can do it there.
Wonderful stuff. It is important to protect Americans from these overseas criminal cartels.
What is the difference between these scams and the US government and State Governments offshoring to India work such as vote registration software and Medicaid enrollment determination that requires knowledge of US law and customs?
Not to say the offshoring to India work is good, but it is different.
There are scambaiters on YouTube who disrupt scammers by call-flooding the scammer call centers. This shuts down the centers, at least for a time.
The Feds should hire a few of those folks, and give them some advanced communication equipment. It would be money well spent.
Props to the law enforcement agencies in Maryland going after these scammers.
It really comes down to a matter of will. These pajeets don’t do a very good job of covering their tracks. They leave a lot of finger prints pointing back to who is responsible for these things. The vast majority of the people doing these scams could be identified if the authorities simply took the most basic steps to find them.
Most of the time, the old people who are the victims don’t hold enough political sway for anyone to do anything about it.
I am glad to see that at least someone has the will to do it. These are the type of people who should be running our country.
There are scambaiters on YouTube who disrupt scammers by call-flooding the scammer call centers. This shuts down the centers, at least for a time.
Dang, these SS scam has has been going on for years!! As I understand some seniors committed suicide for all the pain they have and went through! Kolkata India is one of the worst places in India for scamming senior citizens! Lots on YouTube showing their techniques on scams.
I’m sure not much will happen to them.
They should get their ass beat, as in physically pummeled to the point where they understand the errors in their way.
“A collaborative effort by the FBI, local police and Indian authorities”
Indian Authorities?
They allow this to continue.
It’s a profit center for the country.
They come to the US and do the same phookin thing.
Kitbogo... , late-night comedy gold... “Wait a minute, do not redeem”. Seriously, these people( I use people really loosely) are beyond evil and despicable. I worked for a company that required all C-suite and senior-level managers to rotate for a month at the subsidiary in Mumbai. I left before it was my turn. But the feedback was not good. Despite the filth, the place seemed unmoored ethically. It is a thing to cheat and scam each other. No moral rejection of scamming Westerners. So any oftyou you has compassion for US IT workers... don’t... cut from the same lousy cloth
The H1B visa program is a lot more pervasive and damaging than most Americans could ever imagine.
JD Vance, the new fraud Tzar needs to implement a new policy: Whenever there’s even the slightest hint of a fraud, all payments to the alleger fraudster shall be immediately sopped. The slightest hit, includes: unanswered phone, painted over windows, no cars in parking lot, snow on sidewalk, multiple agencies with same address, etc. Legitimate agencies will quickly provide proof. Those not providing proof shall be prosecuted.
Agreed. IMHO the Indian authorities arrested a small amount of the scammers as a token cooperation with the U.S., knowing there are tons more bringing scam money into the country.
You talkin’ to me? I don’t answer ANY phone calls. Please leave a message. I’ll get back to you.
Kudos to the Indian authorities for working with the FBI. Now execute these people.
My landline phone blocks 30 numbers but I filled it up so I added a call blocker box with 2000 more numbers I can block ,LOL
and I use an answering machine and only answer for people I know ,LOl
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