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（VOA慢速英语十七）印度侦破巨额电话诈骗（10．20）



重点单词：

plot[plɔt]n.阴谋，情节，图，(小块)土地，v.绘 employ[im'plɔi]雇用，使用

payment['peimənt]n.支付，付款，报偿，报应 issue['iʃju:]n.发行物，期刊号，争论点 threaten['θretn]v.威胁，恐吓 reveal[ri'vi:l]vt.显示，透露

community[kə'mju:niti]n.社区，社会，团体，共同体，公众，[生]群落 decision[di'siʒən]n.决定，决策

electronically[i,lek'trɔnikli]adv.电子地

internal[in'tə:nəl]adj.国内的，内在的，身体内部的

听力文本：

Indian Police Make Arrests in Plot to Steal Money from Americans

Last week, Indian police arrested at least 70 people suspected of stealing money from people in the United States.

The police said people working at a call center in India spoke with the U.S. citizens by telephone. They said the callers acted like they were working for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the federal agency that collects income taxes.

About 200 police officers raided three buildings in Thane, a community near the city of Mumbai. Police said the workers used phones in those buildings to call the Americans.

Parambir Singh is the police commissioner in Thane. He said that about 700 people worked in the buildings, which were open all day and night. Singh said the workers would call Americans and tell them that they owe taxes. If the Americans failed to pay the money immediately, the callers threatened to send police in 30 minutes.

Police believe U.S. citizens sent the call center as much as $150,000 a day. They say the victims were told to buy prepaid cash cards and make online payments of $500 to $3,000.

The Internal Revenue Service has been telling Americans that it will not send police to arrest them. It also says IRS agents do not threaten people. The agency tells people not to send money electronically to callers who are demanding that method of payment.

Indian officials say the call center workers kept more than two-thirds of the money. The rest was kept by people helping them in the United States.

In India, hundreds of Western companies use large companies that employ English-speaking workers. These workers either answer questions from callers overseas or process payments. The employees are usually trained to use sound like people in the countries from which the customers are calling. Police said those working at the call center were trained to sound like Americans.

Indian police said they planned to share information about the raid with American officials. Police believe the plot discovered in Mumbai may have also targeted people in Britain and Australia. I'm Mario Ritter.


词汇解析：

1.call center 呼叫中心

I work for a customer-support call center. 我在一家客户支持呼叫中心工作。

2.income tax 所得税

I wouldn't be in favour of income tax cuts. 我不会支持削减所得税。

3.as much as 多达；几乎

Experts reveal only as much as they care to. 专家们只透露了他们想透露的那些。

4.online payment 在线支付

Half of all online payments in China go through its online payment processor, Alipay.

中国有一半的在线支付是通过阿里巴巴旗下的在线支付平台支付宝（Alipay）完成的。

内容解析：

1.The agency tells people not to send money electronically to callers who are demanding that method of payment.

method of payment 支付方式

As regards the method of payment, a decision will be made after the contract has been signed. 至于付款方式，会在合同签订以后再作决定。

What are the visa charges and the method of payment?

签证费是多少及如何付款？

2.If the Americans failed to pay the money immediately, the callers threatened to send police in 30 minutes. failed to 未能...

Time and again political parties have failed to tackle this issue. 各个政党处理这个问题时都屡屡失败。 I have failed to reach them by postal inquiries. 我未能通过邮政查询与他们取得联系。

参考译文：

印度侦破巨额电话诈骗 受骗者多为美国人

上周，印度警方抓获了70余名以美国人为目标的电信诈骗嫌犯。 警方称，诈骗犯在印度一家呼叫中心给美国人打电话。他们伪装成美国税务机构——美国国税局的工作人员进行诈骗。

200多名警察搜查了孟买附近塔那(Thane)地区的三栋建筑。警方表示，嫌犯利用建筑内的电话诈骗美国公民。

帕拉姆维尔·辛格(Parambir Singh)是塔那地区的警察局长。他表示，约700余人在呼叫中心日夜不停歇地工作。辛格称，他们呼叫美国人时声称对方欠税。如果不立即支付税款，他们会在30分钟内派警察过去搜查。


据警方了解，美国人平均每天向该呼叫中心汇款达15万美元。警方称，嫌犯要求受骗民众购买预付现金卡并充值500到3000美元的税金。

美国国税局警告美国公民，不会派警察逮捕他们。另外，国税局的工作人员也不会进行言语恐吓。该机构警告广大民众，切勿向要求使用电子支付方式的呼叫人员汇款。 印度警方表示，呼叫中心的员工持有超三分之二的诈骗赃款，剩下的分给了美国方面的同伙。 在印度，像这样雇佣会说英语员工的西方企业有上百家。这些员工不是负责答复海外呼叫者的疑问，就是负责支付流程。通常，这些员工都接受过专业培训，可以根据呼叫者所在国家变化口音。警方表示，这家呼叫中心的员工接受过美国口音方面的培训。

印度警方表示，他们计划告知美国方面此次的搜捕行动。警方认为，孟买的这起电信诈骗可能还将英国人和澳大利亚人作为目标。 马里奥·里特为您播报。

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