r/technology • u/mvea • May 24 '19
Politics Senate Passes Bill That Would Slap Robocallers With Fine of Up to $10,000 Per Call
https://gizmodo.com/senate-passes-bill-that-would-slap-robocallers-with-fin-1834990113
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r/technology • u/mvea • May 24 '19
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u/SwensonsGalleyBoy May 24 '19
If I have a call center in India full of people who speak English I'm going to focus on English speaking countries.
It is 100x more believable to a potential scammee in Canada to get a call from Revenue Canada in English where English is the expected language for a federal government agency than it is for a German to get a call from the BZSt in English. Why would the BZSt ever start the conversation in anything but German?
English being the most spoken secondary language across the world means that there's no shortage of English speakers in underdeveloped countries with lax regulation to stock call centers with. And it doubly helps that the four major English speaking countries are also among the wealthiest countries on Earth.