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Why don't people ask scammers a few questions? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by Kintarian@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Someone calls and says, “Grandma, i’ve been in an accident …” and so on. Why don’t people ask a few questions? If you’re my grand daughter, what’s my name, when is my birthday, where do I live, what’s my favorite food?

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[–] pyrinix@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't bother asking them anything.

I'm immediately berating them because I know that they've chosen to do this, nobody has put a gun to their head and forced them to do this. They all could collectively stop at anytime and overrun their bosses, they just don't. So right out of the gate, I'm calling them out for what I know they are. I haven't gotten a lot of scam calls in quite a while, come to think of it.

[–] Four_mile_circus@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm immediately berating them because I know that they've chosen to do this, nobody has put a gun to their head and forced them to do this.

You should be aware a lot of scammers are forced to do this:

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2025/06/cambodia-government-allows-slavery-torture-flourish-inside-scamming-compounds/

[–] Kintarian@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Wow, that’s really terrible, I didn’t know that

[–] pyrinix@kbin.melroy.org -2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah but you've only presented one example. There's others that are likely not operating like that. Soooo shrugs

[–] communism@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 day ago

You've rather boldly made that unsubstantiated claim. Who do you think these scammers are? They're from poor countries suffering from the aftereffects of colonialism and the ongoing effects of neocolonialism, all of which cause many social problems including the kind that drive people, either through direct violent coercion or more indirect economic coercion, to do things like scam westerners.