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Daisy, an AI granny wasting scammers' time

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706 points ortusdux | 3 comments | 14 Nov 24 16:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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cedws ◴[14 Nov 24 18:07 UTC] No.42139163[source]▶
Very nice to see, my grandmother was recently scammed out of a large amount of money. Luckily the bank reimbursed her.

Scammers are a stain on the reputation of India. You could argue it's unfair to tar an entire country with the same brush, but quite clearly rule of law isn't properly functioning over there and there's complicity in letting them do this. Same goes for Nigeria.

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Pikamander2 ◴[14 Nov 24 23:06 UTC] No.42142216[source]▶
I'd imagine India will gradually crack down on it more over time. The tech industry there is growing massive and they surely aren't happy about being associated with scammers.
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primitivesuave ◴[15 Nov 24 00:32 UTC] No.42142826[source]▶
They won't. The companies that operate these scam centers are diversified criminal enterprises run by ultra-wealthy and politically connected individuals. These people own the police, they own the politicians, and until fairly recently, they owned the voters through massive vote-buying schemes.

You can get away with murder in India if you're wealthy enough (e.g. the case of Jessica Lal, murdered by a politician's son in front of at least a dozen witnesses). The egregious corruption of the INC or "Congress party" (which is ideologically progressive) over many decades has created a massive voter exodus to the conservative BJP party, the majority party in India since 2014. However, the corruption and inefficiency at all levels of civil society has remained endemic.

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1. pnut ◴[15 Nov 24 13:29 UTC] No.42146727[source]▶
I just googled Jessica Lal and the Wikipedia article suggests that the rich murderer was convicted and sentenced to life in prison?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Jessica_Lal

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2. Baeocystin ◴[16 Nov 24 04:48 UTC] No.42154361[source]▶
I mean, in that very article it talks about how he was granted probation many times, and has already been released. Doesn't seem very lifey to me.
3. primitivesuave ◴[19 Nov 24 20:53 UTC] No.42187977[source]▶
He was indeed sentenced to life, but was inexplicably allowed to go in and out of prison during his sentence - on one occasion he was paroled for thirty days under dubious circumstances. He was eventually released on parole 4 years ago for "good behavior", and is now trying to rehabilitate his public image (along with his extremely corrupt father).