This will stop some of the fraudsters running this phone scam, but
most likely others will just pop up in their place. It's a constant
game of whack-a-mole.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...ment/92825238/

WASHINGTON — Federal authorities unsealed an indictment Thursday,
charging 56 people in a vast fraud scheme in which suspects posed as
Internal Revenue Service agents and immigration authorities to siphon
more than $300 million from thousands of unwitting victims to clear
fictitious deportation warrants and phony tax debts.

The scheme, which employed a network of telephone call centers based
in India, relied on personal information obtained from data brokers to
target at least 15,000 victims with threats of fines, deportation or
imprisonment if they did not pay the demanded fees.

At least 24 suspects in the U.S. were still being pursued Thursday by
federal authorities. Thirty-two suspects were believed to be living
abroad. The court documents also outlined charges against five call
center operations.

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"relied on personal information obtained from data brokers" - I have
been harping on this subject for years. Commercial data brokers have
incredibly detailed information on people, and yet we have no legal
protection or input regarding who gets access to our personal
information, and how it is used.