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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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[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 33 points 1 year 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@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago

Usually they use voip, spoofing an American phone number