• ioen@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I don’t get how scams work. Every time I get a scam call I stay on the line or press 1 or whatever to find out what the scam is, but no one ever tries to scam me. They just act like a normal business till I hang up. Can they tell by your voice you aren’t gullible or something?

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      1 year ago

      Been thinking about it and my theory is it’s a plausible deniability thing.

      Company A runs the robocaller which says “You owe $250”, then forwards the call to Company B. They ask what you want and you say “I need to make a payment of $250”. If you say anything else they pretend they don’t know what you mean. Company B can record their calls and prove they never asked anyone for money, it all came from people volunteering to pay. They might have to return it but they can act like it’s an honest mistake.

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        1 year ago

        This would only work if they were liable for anything, anything at all.

        These people are based on countries that say “Good on you for tricking dumb Westerner. Fuck them”. Nobody is ever going to intervene to stop them.

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          But then I don’t get why they never ask me for money? When I get through to the scammer they just ask what I want. I’ll say “they said something about me owing money”, and they act like they don’t know what I’m talking about and get annoyed with me for wasting their time.

          If the deal is “they take your money and will never get in trouble” then what’s the downside to just running the script on everyone who calls?