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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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Whose Phones Do the Police Bug?

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Eric Priezkalns, RAG Chief Executive

Eric is the Chief Executive of the Risk & Assurance Group (RAG). He was originally appointed to RAG's Steering Committee in 2013 and then...

Fadila Boumaza, TEOCO

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Joseph Nderitu, RAFM Professional

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Dana Adams, TELUS

Dana Adams is a highly-qualified and well-known senior telecoms advisor with a strong career focus in security, fraud, BCM, control, compliance, and law enforcement...

Stephen Tebbett, PwC

Stephen Tebbett works as a Partner at PwC, where he focuses on delivering performance improvement in working capital, cash collection, and reduction of costs...

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The Australian telco says the customer made the initial mistake, but they debited the customer's bank account after assuring him they would not.

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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