<story><title>RCMP arrest &apos;money mules&apos; tied to scam calls from India</title><url>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/rcmp-cra-telephone-scam-fraud-investigation-1.5463838</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>Jemm</author><text>Thanks you CBC Marketplace for getting the RCMP to finally do something.&lt;p&gt;Marketplace has been exposing these scam companies for years.  They even traced their location in India multiple times.&lt;p&gt;Canada needs to secure our telephone systems.  It is way too easy for a scammer to get a Canadian VOIP number or to spoof phone numbers.  Scam calls lately are have been spoofing my number to call me.</text></comment>
<story><title>RCMP arrest &apos;money mules&apos; tied to scam calls from India</title><url>https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/rcmp-cra-telephone-scam-fraud-investigation-1.5463838</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mysterypie</author><text>How about putting a small tariff on every phone call originating from countries that do not shut down these fraudulent call centers? The tariff perhaps could be as small as 2 or 10 cents per call to make these operations unprofitable. I&amp;#x27;m sure that the telecom operators in the foreign country could easily track down (or already know precisely where to find) the call centers. Once the fraud falls below a threshold the tariff can be removed.&lt;p&gt;Punitive tariffs, quotas, bans get applied to every kind of product -- counterfeits, contaminated foods, polluting vehicles. I never heard any government agency suggest applying it to countries that are the overwhelming source of scam calls.</text></comment>