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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

Huge Honeypot Study Finds US Robocalls are Stupid but Plentiful

Calls received by 66,606 phone lines over 11 months showed that voice spammers are unsophisticated but persistent.

Bitcoin Entrepreneur Starts Anti-SIM Swap Telco for Rich People

Haseeb Awan charges cryptocurrency millionaires USD99 per month for a mobile plan that requires a notarized letter to make changes.

Biggest Ever RAFM Survey Must End Soon

The RAG Revenue Assurance and Fraud Management Survey will close at the end of Wednesday 14th October. All the data will be shared publicly on 1st November.

Price Cap for UK 070 Numbers Caused 75% Fall in Fraud, Says BICS

The carrier examined a year of data beginning with the date that wholesale price controls were introduced.

Why Did the US Adopt an Anti-Spoofing Solution That Does Not Work for All Calls?

Several clues in the FCC's latest report hint at the perverse logic behind STIR/SHAKEN.

SK Telecom Stands by Medical Imaging Partner Accused of Fraud

The South Korean operator is the second largest shareholder in a firm that some have described as Theranos 2.0.

UK Spooks Found Huawei Network Flaw with ‘National Significance’

The Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) continues to identify serious and specific issues with Huawei products.

Commsrisk Top Ten for September 2020

Last month saw continuing elevated levels of traffic for Commsrisk and a new all-time record for most visitors in a single day.

Telstra Pilots Malicious SMS Blocking

Telstra CEO Andy Penn is partnering with government to filter bogus text messages in a trial that will likely be extended much more widely in future.

Dramatic Shift to Cashless Society Leads MTN Rwanda to Tighten MoMo Controls

Even motorcycle taxis refuse cash as Rwanda saw a 450% increase in P2P mobile money transfers during the first four months of 2020.

Notorious SIM-Swapping, Malware-Spreading, Bomb-Threatening Hackers Arrested

The accused are said to have harassed enemies by taking control of phone accounts and sending bomb threats to 1,066 kindergartens.

US Authorities Claim Phone Encryption Will Lead to Child Sex Abuse

Assistant Attorney General Beth Williams segued from one story about a locked phone to an 'exponential' rise in pedophilia.

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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