Serous jail time for internet/phone fraud attempts?

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I must be on some master list of possible fraud victims as of late every internet /phone fraud attempts in the news had been try on me.

The last one was that my SS had been disable due to possible criminal activities and of course I would need to take actions to get it back.

An before that they claimed to had hacked into my accounts and found porn that if I do not send them bitcoins they will share with my family, friends and co workers.

To me anyone who take part in this nonsense should be looking at serous time behind bars say ten years or so.

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[+3] - tsarstepan - 04/08/2019[quote="BillRM"] This is an attack on older and more defenseless Americans with a foreign element so turning lose the NSA in this case seems more then call for. Hell our reach is...

@BillRM,

Have you gotten the hello “Grandma” or hello “Grandpa” phone call yet?

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@glitterbag,

Not yet....tell me more.......lol

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@BillRM,

You've been put on an idiot list, somewhere you visited passed your details on. I used to get a ton of phone calls on the landline at my old address, almost always with a very strong Indian accent and a very English name, usually claiming to be from the phone company, TV or computer support. Not had anything since I moved and got a new phone number.

I used them as therapy, someone to shout abuse at and get rid of all that negative energy. It's amazing how long some of them will stay on the other end listening to a torrent of abuse.

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@BillRM,

Should they face serious jail time for these crimes? Yes. Is it backed up in the criminal statutes (state law and federally)? Very likely so.

Will they be caught by law enforcement? I really really really doubt it. Especially, if they're committing these acts of internet fraud from the other side of the globe.

Though this article claims that the top country of origin for these illegal activities is the US.

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@tsarstepan,

tsarstepan wrote:

Should they face serious jail time for these crimes? Yes. Is it backed up in the criminal statutes (state law and federally)? Very likely so.

Will they be caught by law enforcement? I really really really doubt it. Especially, if they're committing these acts of internet fraud from the other side of the globe.

Though this article claims that the top country of origin for these illegal activities is the US.

This is an attack on older and more defenseless Americans with a foreign element so turning lose the NSA in this case seems more then call for.

Hell our reach is very very long when the government wish it to be as see what happen to other foreigners that had annoy us such as Noriega who standing as a head of state did not slow us down or El Chapo.

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@BillRM,

BillRM wrote:

This is an attack on older and more defenseless Americans with a foreign element so turning lose the NSA in this case seems more then call for.

Hell our reach is very very long when the government wish it to be as see what happen to other foreigners that had annoy us such as Noriega who standing as a head of state did not slow us down or El Chapo.

I don't have a problem with them rounding up the resources we already have and hunt these bastards down. I just don't think they'll bother.

I also think these agencies, especially the NSA should be used in White Hat hacking these jackasses into virtual oblivion.

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@tsarstepan,

Today I received a total of 7 faux phone calls. Three from my Window tech, two from ‘Pain Counselers’ offering free back, knee or neck braces...one from someone in Pakistan offering home improvements, and I forgot what the other was about.

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@glitterbag,

I notice Consumer Reports is taking this on as a major project.

By the way, today I received three calls from Card member Services. One was actually from Rachael. The other two were from guys. Caller ID showed all from New Mexico. Two even had correctly spoofed the area code correctly.

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@roger,

We get consumer reports but I haven't read the articles yet. Hopefully I can get to it tomorrow. The phone rings multiple times everyday, it's so annoying.

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@glitterbag,

glitterbag wrote:

The phone rings multiple times everyday, it's so annoying.

Am I right to assume this phone... is a hardline (not cell phone)? It's time to ditch it already. No. Seriously. Seems a greater amount of the worse phone scams are attacking through landlines (and for generational/ageist reas0ns).

Anecdotally speaking, since I've been using my new Google Pixel 3XL - midJanuary- (and it's only uncorroborated observations, my robocalls have dropped by well over 90%.

And my Google call answering bot has helped screen a couple of unknown callers to hang up pronto.

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@tsarstepan,

I live right outside the city of Annapolis, and because of all the waterways, streams, rivers, creeks the County never installed public water systems. We also are susceptible to power outages because we are on an old fuddy duddy grid that won't be updated in my lifetime because only the new housing developments and businesses are hooked up to the more modern 19th century systems.

When we lose power that means no water, and no flushing capabilities and no recharging of cell phones. So, landline is something we are not yet willing to give up.

We also get robo-calls on our cellphones, but only once or twice a week. That pales in comparison to the multiple calls that come in on the landline....but still irritating.

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