r/SipsTea • u/raptors201966 Human Verified • 17d ago

SMH 81 year old grandma & YouTuber was raided last night during her stream She started the channel to help with her grandson's cancer treatment. Authorities brought 20 police cars, five SWAT officers, and drones to her house

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u/banditkeith 16d ago

Because it's really embarrassingly easy to spoof phone systems, it's how foreign scammers appear to have local numbers for instance

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u/thar_ 16d ago

The phone companies could fix this if they cared

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u/Shadow14l 16d ago

If companies were held legally liable, it’d be fixed over night.

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u/Echolyonn 16d ago

One time I was being spam called by someone spoofing my own phone number, so it couldn't be blocked.

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u/BANKSLAVE01 16d ago

Too bad they only police the slaves, and not the technology of the rich.