{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-daily.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2F20210214-NxDsvp7L","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"The Sunday Read: 'Who's Making All Those Scam Calls?' ","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/7f2f4c05-9c2f-4deb-82b7-b538062bc22d/73549bf1-94b3-40ff-8aeb-b4054848ec1b/the-daily-album-art-original.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/4f1ab0ac-863d-4e70-adb1-e3b2bc5bb5e1\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"The Sunday Read: &apos;Who&apos;s Making All Those Scam Calls?&apos; \" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"The app Truecaller estimates that as many as 56 million Americans have fallen foul to scam calls, losing nearly $20 billion. \n\nEnter 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.”\n\nOn today’s Sunday Read, Yudhijit Bhattacharjee follows L.’s work and travels to India to understand the people and the forces behind these scams. "}