> because it seems like the easiest criminals to capture. Registering a number will eventually lead to a bank account. They can social engineer the criminal. They can trace where the call is coming from.
If only it was so easy as running a trace on the criminal and then driving down to their location to arrest them, just like the movies.
The people running these scams are several layers removed from the people sending the texts. The big ones are careful to do some or all of it from another country. It's not as simple as tracing a number and then arresting someone.
The crackdown in the linked article involves 34 different countries. Just imagine the global police coordination required to trace that all and pull it off.
If only it was so easy as running a trace on the criminal and then driving down to their location to arrest them, just like the movies.
The people running these scams are several layers removed from the people sending the texts. The big ones are careful to do some or all of it from another country. It's not as simple as tracing a number and then arresting someone.
The crackdown in the linked article involves 34 different countries. Just imagine the global police coordination required to trace that all and pull it off.