User:Ktin
Test your own biases[edit]
Welcome to my page. I will leave you all with a thought experiment. Read this passage and ask yourself what you think of this passage in one of our encyclopedia's GA articles. Not one of those low traffic pages, but will be on the mainpage in ~1-2 weeks. It has sufficient footnotes. But, ask yourself -- what do you think of this passage in an article on Wikipedia (verbatim below). Please do not share your thoughts with me, but, just think about this passage. Think about why it is appropriate. Think about why it is inappropriate. I promise you, your response will tell you a lot about yourself, your own biases, about our own encyclopedia, and our own biases. Again, please do not share your thoughts with me. That is absolutely not the intent. Just think to yourself and carry on with your day. I wish you well.
As a result of the country formerly being a territory of the British Empire, as well as a strong presence of English taught as a second language and a vast urban population, India has millions of English speakers who are competing for relatively few jobs. One municipality had 114 jobs and received 19,000 applicants.[1] This high level of unemployment serves as an incentive for tech scamming jobs, which can be lucrative. Many scammers do not realize they are applying for tech support scam jobs, but many often stay and continue to scam people even after they realize what they are doing. When one tech scammer was asked why she continues to work for scammers she replied, "You think because the people who run these call centre are making so much money every day, you might as well make some of it while you are here."[1] When the BBC interviewed another tech scammer in India and asked why he victimized people he replied, "It was easy money," and then went on to detail how he bought fancy cars and designer clothes.[2] Scammers in India often convince themselves that they are targeting wealthy people in the West, and that this justifies their theft.[2]
Article: Technical support scam
References[edit]
- ^ a b Poonam, Snigdha (January 2, 2018). "The scammers gaming India's overcrowded job market". The Guardian. Archived from the original on August 20, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ^ a b Vaidyanathan, Rajini (March 8, 2020). "Confessions of a call-centre scammer". BBC News. Archived from the original on January 5, 2022. Retrieved January 5, 2022.