The Sunday Read: 'Who's Making All Those Scam Calls?'

<p>The app Truecaller estimates that as many as 56 million Americans have fallen foul to scam calls, losing nearly $20 billion.</p><p>Enter L., an anonymous vigilante, referred to here by his middle initial, who seeks to expose and disrupt these scams, posting his work to a YouTube channel under the name “Jim Browning.”</p><p>On today’s Sunday Read, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee follows L.’s work and travels to India to understand the people and the forces behind these scams.</p><p><i>This story was written by <strong>Yudhijit Bhattacharje</strong></i><strong>e</strong><i> and recorded by Audm. To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, </i><a href="https://www.audm.com/?utm_source=nytmag&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=tracing_the_call_bhattacharjee" target="_blank"><i>download Audm for iPhone or Android.</i></a></p><p> </p>