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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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[–] nucleative@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

$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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[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago

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

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