What phone scams operate in the US?

“Argumenty i Fakty” Weekly No. 32. Take a check per capita 10/08/2022

They write that there are also phone scammers in the United States, and they  a lot of. Are there also Ukrainian call centers operating there?

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According to a study by the consulting company First Orion, in the first half of this year, more than 100

More than half of the respondents said that in 2022  received more such calls than in 2021. “Ukrainian “call centers” created following the example of fraudulent business gangs that arose in the United States in the 1980s —1990s, — says Chairman of the National Anti-Corruption Committee Kirill Kabanov. — This criminal sphere developed there in parallel with the formation of electronic databases with personal information in banks and other organizations. It was then that the first calls to Americans began with the imposition of banking and advertising services on them. Phone scams have flourished in full bloom with the rise of online services. Typically, calls are made in a territory where it is difficult to find and bring to justice the perpetrators. The scammers who fool the people of the United States often operate from  Mexico, while the Russians attack from Ukraine.

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