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Around 76 locations were raided in India as part of a crackdown on phony tech support scam calls (www.businessinsider.com)
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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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[–] Revered_Beard 93 points 10 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Ghostalmedia 33 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Wispy2891 30 points 10 months ago

Usually they use voip, spoofing an American phone number

[–] pcr3 4 points 10 months ago

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.