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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.

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More Questions Over Yahoo’s Value Following Biggest Hack Revelation

The breach of a million Yahoo accounts shows how easy it is to overvalue internet businesses and the data they have acquired.

Anurag Aggarwal, Tata Communications

Anurag Aggarwal is the Director of Messaging Services for Tata Communications, the global carrier. He has held a number of senior management positions...

Remembering Why We Take Risks

The best risk is not the same as the least risk. Or, as Norman Marks might put it, risk should be managed within the context of our objectives.

Katia Gonzalez Gutierrez, BICS

Katia Gonzalez Gutierrez is the Head of Fraud and Security at BICS. In this role she is responsible for defining the budget, strategy,...

Coffee to Go? Privacy Already Gone

What would you give for a cup of coffee? This video from Cifas shows how people risk identity theft by sharing their Facebook profile with strangers.

Taruna Ranjan, T‑Mobile US

Taruna Ranjan is the Director of Business Assurance at T-Mobile USA. In this role she is responsible for building operational controls and utilizing...

Anamitra Mukherjee, Optus

Anamitra is Associate Director Revenue Assurance at Optus, the Australian multiplay telco. He leads all RA activities for Optus and Virgin Mobile Australia....

Martyn Jones, Virgin Mobile

Martyn Jones is the Revenue Assurance & Business Intelligence Manager for Virgin Mobile's Middle Eastern and African operating companies. Working from his base...

Mark Broom, Orange Group

Mark is Group Director of Fraud Operations at Orange. Over the last 17 years Mark has worked at Orange and France Telecom, helping...

How Do You Calculate the ROI of Fraud Systems?

Maths can be so clever and abstract that we lose sight of what we are trying to determine, and why.

Carlos DaSilva, PCCW Global

Carlos DaSilva is the Vice President for Products, Strategy and Business Operations at international carrier PCCW Global. As a professional, he is widely...

How Much Would You Pay for an RA Website?

The internet is full of people looking to make easy money. I am not one of them.

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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