> 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.
I constantly got calls to ‘sell my house’.
ALL THE VOICES DID NOT HAVE ENGLISH AS THEIR FIRST LANGUAGE.
I must have finally screamed enough “FU’s at them-—it has been quiet for a couple of weeks.
ALSO-—THE “GRANDMA” calls. YOUNG Hispanic sounding voices-—in jail & “need bail”.
Same triggers for me-—LOTS OF SWEARING IN HIGH DECIBELS