Re:U.S. files lawsuits over robocall scams
by imglorp on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @06:39PM
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First, they're often offshore already, and second, they often use spoofed caller id's. The upshot is they might not even need to hide.
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Re:U.S. files lawsuits over robocall scams
by fortran77 on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @08:04PM
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The spoofed caller ID thing really needs to be fixed. Our office number ends in a nice round number XXX-XXX-8000 and several times a day we get calls back saying "WHY DID YOU JUST CALL ME" and they don't believe me when I tell them we didn't and somebody's spoofing caller id. Spoofing Caller ID to someone else's number shouldn't be possible. (But it's very easy. I can enter any phone number I want in our phone system here!)
Re:U.S. files lawsuits over robocall scams
by magicalhippo on Wednesday January 29, 2020 @06:05AM
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> Spoofing Caller ID to someone else's number shouldn't be possible.
Right, this is why we have certificates for websites. I want to know it's my bank I'm logging in to. I'd also like to know it really is my bank that's calling...
Re:U.S. files lawsuits over robocall scams
by btilly on Tuesday January 28, 2020 @07:35PM
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The scammers are. The companies being targeted are onshore. Which is why the USA can get to them.
My point is that the people in charge have every reason to believe that the government will crack down on them, and have had all the time that they need to try to hide the money. By the time the courts are done, there will be no money to find.
But perhaps some more property in London will be secretly owned: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/mar/17/100-billion-...