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Episode 499: Yudhijit Bhattacharjee

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Scamp Calls - What Are They?

i noticed an uptic of calls on my phone from voices that sounded indian or pacistani, you know, from somewhere in south sa. i started to imagine that there must be armies of these people in india sitting up all night at a call centre and calling a americans with ruses to steal their money. And then i was like, i i would love to write about this. So i felt like i had glimpsed into this world a lot more than just the scamps who were using it as a way for them to make ends meet. I wanted to find out how they did it - where do you think they are? That's what prompted me to get involved."

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