OK maybe a touch of IMHO but a call from a “Microsoft support” scammer that I managed to drag out for 20 minutes got me thinking.
If you could track these guys accurately, assuming for an example they are in India. Would it be possible to initiate civil suits against them for damages in their own country? Press charges for fraud of some kind? Find some way to disband or seize the groups doing this?
I am a computer guys and I understand the complexities in tracing and identifying, I am more curious about the existence of mechanisms to beard the proverbial lion in their own den. Like having a law firm with branches in several countries famous for harboring such establishments and crosslinking them to clients in other nations who are being targeted.
Well yes, but you would have to physically attend a court in India, and then provide strong, direct evidence. Did you report it to police ? So if police have no evidence, then how can you say you do ?
The most obvious level is that the scamming work is done in, from,via, legitimate call centres.
second, The people you sue would have the home advantage and be able to get statements saying “you are confusing me with someone else, I do legitimate telemarketting and help desk services, so its perhaps possible to make this mistake, so its your mistake”.
Now you are threatening to prove the India IT workforce cannot be trusted, they may well try to put you in jail for perjury - lying !. No one takes that risk.
Its well known that India is corrupt, they have to pay bribes to get their police clearances to operate as “Trusted Outsourced call centre - guaranteed to be criminal free”.