Posted on 12/26/2020 6:16:21 AM PST by blam
Sometimes we have to question the intelligence of Americans. It’s no secret that unhealthy lifestyles and eating mounds of junk food can impair brain function. With that being said, intelligence is lacking for some Americans as thousands were recently swindled out of millions of dollars by a scammy Indian call center.
According to the NYTimes, an Indian call center in Peera Garhi, west of Delhi, tricked victims into believing their bank accounts were frozen as part of an elaborate drug investigation. As many as 4,500 victims were told, they had to transfer money to the scammers or risk serious jail time.
On Dec. 17, as many as 50 people from the call center were arrested. Authorities alleged the employees learned American accents and pretended to be officials of various American law enforcement agencies.
Delhi Police Cybercrime Unit shows police arresting a group suspected of conducting an international scam at a call center in Delhi. Source: NYT
Investigators said the victims were given an ultimatum: Face jail time or take an “alternative dispute resolution” to avoid criminal charges.
Over two years, the call center bilked more than $14 million from gullible Americans who “were asked to buy Bitcoins or Google gift cards worth all the money in their accounts,” said Anyesh Roy, a police officer in New Delhi. The monies were then transferred to what the victims thought was a “safe government wallet” but were actually accounts tied to the call center.
The South China Morning Post said the “call center even had a human resources policy offering graded salary scales, bonuses for Christmas and for those who could get people to capitulate fast, as well as paid holidays.”
The stupidity of some Americans makes you wonder if IQ rates in the country are dropping?
Whenever they say you have this so and so issue I simply ask. Oh really? What is my name then? They always hang up after that . Unfortunately when you are in between jobs you have to answer the phone otherwise I don’t unless I know the caller.
For extra lulz, ask them if their mother is still feeding them with her left hand.
Insist that their not from India because you recognize their accent is Pakistani. Enjoy the show because they consider it a huge insult.
Oh Lord. . . That’s runny!!
These scams will find fertile ground here in the US, where 65M Americans are convinced 81M voted for Biden.
BEST Response Evah!!
I would’ve dropped a HUGE bomb on the place!
Or Skip.
But American IQs are dropping.
And our schooling system is terrible. (Especially since Bill and Melinda got done with it.)
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But we will get smarter with legal recreational Marijuana
If I initiate the call, I don't mind the Indian accent. Actually, I kind of like that sing-song-y accent and I find it pretty easy to understand. The ones I don't like are from the Philippines; I struggle to understand anything they are saying.
“American IQs are dropping—as is their real level of education.
And we have been insulated from harsh realities for so long that our naivete, gullibility and intellectual laziness are also through the roof”.
Take heart: Legalizing Marijuana will restore a strong sense of responsibility.
Astute comment!
$14,000,000 stolen by Indian call center
$1,600,000,000,000 Americans paid federal tax in 2017
https://taxfoundation.org/summary-of-the-latest-federal-income-tax-data-2020-update/
Yes Americans can be considered low IQ if they worry more about 0.00087% paid one time and not the 99.99913% being paid every year to the politicians to spend as the politicians prefer to spend. Actually politicians spend even more because we are chronically in federal budget deficit spending mode.
No, we’ll just think we’re smarter—or that it doesn’t really matter.
I got a call from someone saying they were from the social security admin. Hung up immediately. Amazing how many people don’t.
JoMa
Dunning Kruger Effect. The Indians go to the University of Dunning Kruger to learn how to scam Americans.
OMG...LOLOL!!!
Every one of those people should be tied up outdoors and given a thousand lashes.
And it should be broadcast live on the Internet.
The stupidity of some Americans makes you wonder if IQ rates in the country are dropping?
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Thanks to our education system which spends more time on PC garbage than it does teaching useful knowledge or critical thinking skills.
Only sometimes we question America’s intelligence?
Yep. The only way to make yourself strong is to exercise the questioning of Americans’ intelligence early and often.
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