[gxt]

Scammers and fraudsters must be treated like maritime pirates and punished with the maximum punishment law allows.

Additionally phone infrastructure needs to be fully authenticated end to end, to trace scammers and enabler carriers, which must be charged with recel and punished with debilitating fines.

Without these two measures it's just going to get worse.

[spicypancake]

I echo this sentiment exactly. I have a lot of technical expertise in phone systems, and I can assure you, spoofing is ridiculously easy. The sheer level of creativity of these pirates is dumbfounding.