Five Montrealers accused of phone scam
Five Montreal men are accused of a telemarketing scam in which they called Americans and tried to make them pay nonexistent debts. Can they be extradited for this?
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david145 04:52 on 2020-12-09 Permalink
I got a call from someone yesterday who said they were from Visa-Mastercard. I asked what they were talking about, it’s one company, and then it flipped to this either recorded or somehow programmed voice that was clearly someone different, explaining that they were calling about overdue accounts. I hung up, realizing that I had triggered something by even bothering to answer/speak. Wonder if it was related to this gang.
steph 10:55 on 2020-12-09 Permalink
I’d fight the extradition on principal.
https://www.canada.ca/en/news/archive/2008/07/canadian-scammers-extradited-receive-lengthy-prison-sentences.html
Ephraim 11:34 on 2020-12-09 Permalink
For the Visa/MC thing, ask them if it’s your (name of bank you don’t use) card. They always answer yes… and well… they clearly have identified themselves as scammers.
For the Service Canada thing, simply say “Service en Francais SVP.” They usually hang up on you and you know that any Canadian government office will always service you in both languages.
For any real call that may be from your bank or CC company. Ask them for their extension. Tell them that you are going to call the number that is listed on the website and ask to be transferred back to you. If they are real, they will understand. They want you to be comfortable with talking to them.
david14 02:01 on 2020-12-10 Permalink
I wish we could extradite a lot more criminals to face the wrath of US federal courts and sentencing.
And in that case they scammed 40,000 people!! 20 years in the slammer seems about right.