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5G Masts Burned in Coronavirus Panic

Fake news stories circulated on WhatsApp claim that the coronavirus epidemic began in Wuhan because it was the first city with a 5G network.

3 US Gateway Telcos Threatened With Total Block Unless They Stop Spreading Coronavirus Spam

The international gateway providers were given 48 hours to end the flow of scam robocalls that originated overseas.

Commsrisk Top Ten for March 2020

Have a break from reading about coronavirus by taking a look at the Commsrisk articles which received most attention during March.

RAG TV Episode 1: Fighting Scams and Spoofing by Adapting STIR/SHAKEN for Each Telco

Jeffrey Ross, COO of GBSD Technologies, explained why he expects all telcos will work together to prevent the spoofing of caller IDs.

Taleb’s Wise Words for Risk Managers

Nassim Nicholas Taleb has some career advice for risk managers willing to accept they cannot be popular with everyone.

Tanzania Arrests CEO of Vietnamese-Owned Telco

CEO Son Anh Nguyen and five other employees of Halotel, a Tanzanian telco owned by Vietnam's Viettel, have been charged with the illegal use of spectrum, money laundering and tax evasion.

RAG London Conference Switches to Online

RAG London Online will be held May 13-14, reconstructing the same agenda through live video streams of remote speakers. Original hosts BT intend to hold a replacement meeting later in the year.

Making Revenue Assurance Teams Ready for Audit

The RA team may be doing a good job but they also need to adopt an approach and implement tools that show they are doing their job.

Launching Live Streaming TV for Telco Risk Managers

RAG Television will echo the experience of participating in a conference of the Risk & Assurance Group through live interactive broadcasts of the industry's leading experts.

5 Takeaways from Surveillance of a Scam Call Center

Hacker Jim Browning took control of the CCTV inside an Indian scam call center and used it to reveal exactly how it worked. His videos should be used to train all fraud managers.

Court Victory for Alleged Telco Fraudster Will Discourage Future Police Action

Two Maltese operators suffered losses of USD32,300 after Vodafone Greece SIMs were used to make calls to unallocated UK numbers.

Constructing a Hive Mind for Fraud

What can a humble bee teach us about denying criminals access to telecommunications networks?

The Commsrisk Global Fraud Dashboard


Our Global Fraud Dashboard uses AI-powered search to collate, update and visualize data about scams and other network abuses from around the world. New charts are added each month. See it here.

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