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‘Wrongful’ Proposed $4.5mn Robocall Fine Slammed by Telnyx CEO; Vows to Fight over KYC

Employees of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) received scam calls that claimed to be from the FCC's Fraud Prevention Team.

Dispatches from the World Wide War on Scams

Banking executive Ken Palla joins the Commsrisk team to provide a global perspective on cross-sector anti-scam initiatives.

Trump Jeopardizes EU-US Data Transfer Deal

The European Commission keeps choosing to believe the USA has a data protection framework of stable genius when all the evidence suggests it is unreliable and untrustworthy.

Why Permanent Roaming Is an Unreliable Solution for IoT and M2M

EU regulators should turn to eSIM and the Open Gateway framework to address key challenges concerning the reliability and security of permanently roaming IoT/M2M devices.

Thailand Seizes Scam Compound Equipment Headed for Cambodia

Thai police and soldiers stopped a vehicle at a Myanmar border crossing that carried 1,251 mobile phones and 274 SIM cards.

YouTube Profits from Adverts for IMSI-Catchers

The video-sharing platform runs paid adverts for radio devices that criminals use to scam and spy upon the public.

How the Telecoms Industry Legitimizes Theft

Terms like 'gray routing' and 'HLR dipping' are used to misrepresent fraud and data piracy.

FCC Withheld Data from 2024 Robocall Report to US Government

The US Federal Communications Commission is too politicized to be trustworthy.

Measure Scams with Honeypots, Not Flimflam

If we believe in following the science, why have we not adopted an empirical approach to fighting networked fraud?

Consistent KYC Is Vital for Consumer Protection

Please read and copy the draft know-your-customer code of conduct that I submitted to the i3Forum.

The Solution to CLI Spoofing Is GSMA Call Check

You have probably not heard of the cheapest, simplest, easiest way to detect the manipulation of caller IDs.

Self-Regulation Has Failed: Three Reasons to Bring Commsrisk Back

Commsrisk returns with three missions that are simple, cheap and realistic but which demand urgency.

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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