Around 76 locations were raided in India as part of a crackdown on phony tech support scam calls::Microsoft and Amazon are teaming up with law enforcement and India’s Central Bureau of Investigation to combat tech support scam calls.

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        Oh, well that’s right around 80! Which is around 85! Which is around 90! Keep going with this until we hit 10,000

        I’m so glad they got them all.

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          No no no, 76 is the significant digits, we don’t know how fractional locations they raided! Why, maybe they raided 10000 bases of .00000001 size!

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    Law enforcement seized 32 phones, 48 laptops and hard discs, and 33 SIM cards and froze several bank accounts amid the raid of the 76 locations, according to CBI.

    So… After raiding 76 locations, they only got 32 phones? Like… they only found one phone in every two places that they raided? And they only got 48 laptops? Those are the kind of numbers that I would expect for one single location.

    It kind of sounds like 75 of the locations were tipped off by corrupt local officials in advance.

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      A lot of the scammer call center calls were likely made on dumb landline phones, not smart phones.

      I’m more surprised that they only grabbed 48 computers.

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      A lot of the phone systems they use are phone app based with a USB head set.

      But 48 laptops is still a bit light.

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    I hope John from Microsoft is ok. He is supposed to call me back about fixing my computer.

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    With India, it’s more likely they failed to pay the Police their dues.

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      He would be thrilled to lose his job, but no, I’m sure he will have plenty more to do.

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      Just want to mention Pierogi as well in case anyone reading this haven’t heard of these people and want to check out channels where they troll these call centers

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      People will believe everything on the internet. 🙄

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    This is the best summary I could come up with:


    India has been cracking down on tech support scammers in an effort to “combat and dismantle” finance-related cyber crime, officials announced on Thursday.

    Now, Amazon and Microsoft are teaming up with CBI and international law enforcement in an effort to cut down on the calls.

    Law enforcement seized 32 phones, 48 laptops and hard discs, and 33 SIM cards and froze several bank accounts amid the raid of the 76 locations, according to CBI.

    The FBI estimates that in 2022, over 32,000 people were targeted by tech and customer support scams, with over $800 million in losses.

    Ensuring that you and your loved ones are aware of the warning signs of a scam call or phishing email or text can help them avoid being tricked into handing away sensitive information.

    He also said that pop-up messages from reputable companies won’t include a phone number that you need to call to get help.


    The original article contains 364 words, the summary contains 152 words. Saved 58%. I’m a bot and I’m open source!

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    $800 million in losses for the scammed seems like really good money for the scammers. I can see why they want to be involved in this business.

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      And it’s usually a side hustle. Something they do at an actual call center during it’s off hours.

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    Good. If India wants to consider themselves a more modern country they need to clean that shit up. They literally prey on the rest of the fucking globe, assholes.

    Also, fuck India, that country has some of the worst devs but the hiring rates by countries in the US are insane. Oh and they also feel they have the right to perform assassinations in other countries, they’re buddy buddy with Russia, and no woman is safe there.

    Seriously fuck that country. I have lots of friends from India both there and in the states and they echo a lot of these similar things. Damn shame.

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      Also, fuck India, that country has some of the worst devs but the hiring rates by countries in the US are insane.

      Have you considered blaming rich business owners for outsourcing instead of people in third world country who need a job?

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      I will happily introduce you hundreds of terrible American engineers that stumbled out of a short boot camp and into a 6 figure salary.

      Just because your company decided to contract with a shitty company like Wipro or whatever, that doesn’t mean India has bad engineers. It means your company hired a trash firm. That’s it. There are shit firms all over the world.

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      Also, fuck India, that country has some of the worst devs

      It’s a simple calculation. If you pay well, the quality of the workers are gonna be good. If you pay them shit, even for a 3rd world country standards ofc they are gonna be shit.

      The ones who get paid (like software devs in faang), ofc they are good at what they do since they are filtered properly and the pay is good. On the other hand, if you take someone from witch, they aren’t filtered properly and hired in mass and they pay is the shittiest and they are the kind of dev you complain about.

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      I’ve hired some of the best programmers from India on Upwork. Stop over-generalizing.