Scammers calling to non english speaking countries?

Factual Questions
1

Got yet another scam call today. Usually I’ll just hang up but this time I decided to
waste the guy’s time.

Scammer: (Has Indian accent. Says that he is from “TV services” and then asks for my name)
Scammer: What is your first name, please?
Me: My first name is Terry, T - e - r - r- y
Scammer: Ok, and the last name?
Me: Boll, B - o - l - l
Scammer: Terry Boll, right?
Me: That’s right, I’m terrible.
Scammer: (hesitates a second or two) Why are you terrible?
Me: I’m TerryBoll because l like to waste scammer’s time.
Scammer: (Says nothing. There is a long pause before he hangs up)

Anyway, it occurred to me the reason that we get a lot of these call is because
English is a widely spoken langauge. Do people in non English speaking countries
get scam calls? How many scammers would know a language that is spoken in
only one or two countries such as Japanese, Swedish or Polish? If you live
in such a country does your langauge protect you from getting these scam calls?

2

I’ve seen many reports of phone scammers in Japan, the same kind of scams we hear of in the US.

3

Plenty of scam calls in Indonesia, from Indonesians targeting other Indonesians.

4

I believe the French-speaking residents of Quebec get their fair share of scam calls.

5

I never get voice calls of any kind, legitimate or not, but I get lots of scam texts in French (most often) and German (less often), plus Luxembourgish (occasionally) and Dutch (rarely). Never English, interestingly.

6

I’m in the Uk and get a steady stream of scam calls.

If I have the time, I like to keep them on the line (to delay them phoning others.)
My favourite:

Scammer: Are you the home owner?
Me: Yes
Scammer: I’m calling from Microsoft about your computer.
Me: Yes, this is Microsoft Support.
Scammer: No, I’m Microsoft Support.
Me: Yes, this is Microsoft Support.
Scammer: No, I’m Microsoft Support.
Me: Yes, this is Microsoft Support.
Scammer swears and rings off.

7

I meant to add - there’s a very good BBC program which thwarts scammers:

Scam Interceptors - BBC iPlayer