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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

Now SIM Swaps Are Fake News Too

Liars are using social media to spread myths about the way fraudsters take control of phone accounts.

Will Fraudsters Just Outwit Machine Learning Too?

The Q3 2018 DataVisor Fraud Index Report highlights a perennial problem with relying on historic data when searching for patterns.

Indian Telco and Bank Ordered to Compensate SIM Swap Victim

All of the stolen money will now be refunded to the customer, more than three years after it was taken.

Last Chance to Bid in the Commsrisk Auction

Bids for advertising spaces on Commsrisk need to be made by the end of Thursday 24th January.

Subex Launches Cross-Vertical CrunchMetrics Brand

The new AI analytics brand will be marketed to the retail and fintech sectors alongside telecoms.

Reviewing the ETSI Billing Accuracy Standard

We need a good international standard for assuring charging accuracy. The revised ETSI 102 845 Technical Specification is based on sound concepts but also suffers crucial omissions.

32 Months of Prison for Hacker Who Knocked Liberia Offline

Daniel Kaye launched massive DDoS attacks at Liberian network Lonestar after being hired by rival telco Cellcom.

Should Social Networks Do More to Stop Account Takeover?

Not unless users do more to protect themselves.

Record Number of US File-Sharing Piracy Lawsuits

Two porn streaming businesses are responsible for lodging more than half of all copyright cases in the USA last year.

SIM Swappers Steal USD200k from South African Business

The Vodacom SIM of a businessman was targeted whilst he was overseas.

1,500 Articles and What Did We Learn?

I can only guess what people gained from my previous 1,499 articles for Commsrisk. However, I know what writing them has taught me about people.

Strong Speaker Line-Up for First RAG Conference in Middle East

Batelco, the leading operator in Bahrain, will host the Risk & Assurance Group on 23rd and 24th January.

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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