Most likely the suckers come from other countries, where the government +/or the cops are not always your friend. Many years ago I heard on the radio about an accused person who was judged innocent, and the family of the victim asked if somebody had paid a bribe to the judge. It was probably the norm in their country of origin.
What do you do if you can''t trust the people who are supposed to help you, and you are afraid of going to jail? I have sympathy for those people. When I was called by the gov't scammers, in the days before recordings, I agreed with all of their allegations, and then when they said the police would come to my door to take me away, I told him that I would be out every night that week, but I would home on Monday to Wednesday next week. The poor guy did not know what to say. This was not the script. He paniced and hung up on me. D-Oh!
I get 2-3 calls a day from these scammers.
I am trying to keep them on the phone as long as possible to piss them off.
Currently my Name is Ian Peter Knightly (I.P. Knightly)
I have an address, Postal Code, Phone Number, fictitious SIN #
I had one guy swear at me before he hung up.
So far my record is 2 minutes 27 seconds of actual talking to the person.
I get 2-3 calls a day from these scammers.
I am trying to keep them on the phone as long as possible to piss them off.
Currently my Name is Ian Peter Knightly (I.P. Knightly)
I have an address, Postal Code, Phone Number, fictitious SIN #
I had one guy swear at me before he hung up.
So far my record is 2 minutes 27 seconds of actual talking to the person.
Brilliant! all that hobby time shouldn't be going to waste right now. I'll use Ben Dover for the name and (Jerry Falwell's) Liberty University for address, etc...
This poor workers are often packed together in scam call centres which are Covid-19 friendly. Some these rings were arrested recently in India where they were targeting Canadians.
The one that had to take the cake for me was getting a call from a CRA scammer at close to 5 on a Friday night a couple of weeks before X-Mas.
I was tempted to call them back and ask if they honestly expected me to believe that even the most dedicated government employee would be making a call like that so close to quitting time on a Friday and starting legal proceedings right before most government offices would be shutting down for the holiday.
This poor workers are often packed together in scam call centres which are Covid-19 friendly. Some these rings were arrested recently in India where they were targeting Canadians.
