RCMP arrest 'money mules' tied to scam calls from India

Thanks you CBC Marketplace for getting the RCMP to finally do something.<p>Marketplace has been exposing these scam companies for years. They even traced their location in India multiple times.<p>Canada needs to secure our telephone systems. It is way too easy for a scammer to get a Canadian VOIP number or to spoof phone numbers. Scam calls lately are have been spoofing my number to call me.

How about putting a small tariff on every phone call originating from countries that do not shut down these fraudulent call centers? The tariff perhaps could be as small as 2 or 10 cents per call to make these operations unprofitable. I&#x27;m sure that the telecom operators in the foreign country could easily track down (or already know precisely where to find) the call centers. Once the fraud falls below a threshold the tariff can be removed.<p>Punitive tariffs, quotas, bans get applied to every kind of product -- counterfeits, contaminated foods, polluting vehicles. I never heard any government agency suggest applying it to countries that are the overwhelming source of scam calls.

I get 2-3 calls like these every week. It&#x27;s getting really bad.

&gt; <i>&quot;&quot;We have disrupted the necessary flow of money from Canada to India, which will have a big impact on the operation and bottom line of scammers,&quot; Ogden said Friday, in announcing the charges.&quot;</i><p>Perhaps so, but to what extent and for how long? How many other mules are there, and how long will it take them to find replacement mules to replace those arrested?<p>I hope they throw the book at the mules, but I don&#x27;t expect this to be a real solution to the problem.

Now hoping they put an end to duct cleaning services calls. Another scam. I get 10 of those a week.

Good for the Canadian cops! Tax money well spent.

So the dude had a regular job so it doesn&#x27;t seem like a kingpin of any kind. They&#x27;ve been tracking him for months, but they decided to take him down once he arrives for work, because ???<p>His wife is wanted too, but instead of going to where she is, they just call her and ask her to turn herself in?<p>By publicizing the arrest, the police likely killed their change to get the mule to lead to higher-up takedowns, no? Or have the police completely given up on shutting down the overseas operations?

i stopped answering my phone a long time ago, if someone really needs to contact me they can text, email (no guarantee on that though), or hit me up on discord, no spam there