[blackdog]

What makes you think the government isn't part of them? Data mining for operating funds is a lot easier than the old days when drug running, weapons sales, and drug production was how the CIA ran programs! Benghazi....Contras.....

Our banking systems software even provides databases of the best targets. In a way, the hackers are government contractors. Why do you think they are never pursued and prosecuted? Ever... Yet they will find anyone at any cost for reading a verse from the Bible in front of an abortion clinic.

[Leaning Right]

> What makes you think the government isn’t part of them [the scammers]? <

I suppose that’s possible. But I doubt it. Phone scammers almost always have Indian or Pakistani accents. Their pitches are unpolished and filled with grammatical errors.

Don’t get me wrong. Our government is capable of great evil. But if the government were actually running the scam call centers, the calls would be much more sophisticated. And they’d have less red flags.