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Eric Priezkalns

During his career, Eric has been a Director of Risk Management for a national telco, the Chief Executive of the Risk & Assurance Group, a Chief Marketing Officer for a software business, a consultant, a public speaker and the publisher of Commsrisk since its launch in 2006. Look here for more about the history of Commsrisk and the role played by Eric.

The comms providers that Eric has worked for include Qatar Telecom, Cable & Wireless, T‑Mobile, Sky and Worldcom. In addition to his proficiency at speaking about the current scamdemic, Eric is also a qualified chartered accountant and a subject matter expert in consumer protection, enterprise risk management, fraud prevention, data integrity and billing accuracy. Eric was the lead author of Revenue Assurance: Expert Opinions for Communications Providers, published by CRC Press. He can be reached through the contact form on this website.

Articles by This Author

The Final Commsrisk Article: US Telcos Cannot Be Allowed to Dictate Global KYC

I was thrown out of One Consortium, but that was the inevitable consequence of a plan I instigated in 2024. It is better to kill my career by issuing this final warning than by facilitating a sham designed to mislead regulators and hurt the public.

AI Needs RA More than RA Needs AI

SMS farms are being used to gain API access to the Claude LLM at one-tenth of the correct price. There has always been more to learn about revenue assurance than corporations care to learn.

Disappointing Results Confirm Subex’s Decline

This Indian business was a pioneer of RAFM. CEO Nisha Dutt is failing to provide the firm with a new identity, purpose or sense of direction.

YouTube SMS Blaster Ad Displays Scam Messages That Impersonate Telcos

Google does some good work to tackle scams but its indifference to social media adverts for scam equipment is disgraceful. A new advert shows an SMS blaster impersonating Globe and Smart, the two largest telcos in the Philippines.

Chinese SMS Blaster Scammer Attacks Eurovision in Vienna

A 32 year old Chinese national was arrested by Austria's Cobra tactical police unit outside the Eurovision Song Contest. The scammer's 6 year old son was also in the car.

Did a British SMS Honeypot Discover Election Fraud in the US Midterms?

A spam message about 'cell signal coverage' linked to a poll harvesting data about supporters of two Republicans competing in the Texas Senate primary.

Telco Insiders Arrested; Accused of Aiding $41mn Bank Frauds with 580 million Scam Texts and 180,000 Spoofed Calls

Arrests by South Korean police include the CEO of an SMS messaging platform and a systems administrator at an MVNO.

Elect Me to the One Consortium Council to Get Tough KYC Rules (Though I Expect to Lose)

International harmonization of KYC must come through negotiation, not by one country seeking to dominate.

Success and Failure in Scam Reduction: Comparing Data from Australia, India, Singapore, the UK and the USA

This 15-minute video is a reworking of content presented at the Comms Council UK Fraud Summit.

SIM Binding Followed by a 30% Reduction in Abusive WhatsApp Accounts

Telcos will benefit if online services have to be authenticated repeatedly but some decision-makers will struggle to see the connections.

Two Chinese Arrested for Operating an SMS Blaster around Bangkok

Few details were provided but the crime fits a well-established pattern.

Users Only Allowed Banking Apps on One Device; Transaction Limits for New App Users in Nigeria

The Central Bank of Nigeria has demanded new anti-crime controls on mobile banking.

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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