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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

AT&T Punished for the Abuse of Government Subsidies

The US telco enrolled 3,912 subscribers on a government subsidy program without valid information to identify them.

British Doctors Using Whatsapp to Share Confidential Patient Information

Nobody seems to be guarding against the privacy risks when NHS staff expect sensitive data to be available on large and poorly managed Whatsapp groups.

What Kids Taught Me about Scams

Children are adjusting to a world that adults are ruining.

Innocence Lost: Children and Scams

Children can better at identifying scams than their parents.

Told You So(mos): The Slightly Nearer Solution for Impersonation Fraud

Somos is already advertising the benefits of VESPER, a draft standard that would plug holes in STIR/SHAKEN.

Draft IETF Standard Would Tie STIR/SHAKEN Signatures to Verifiable Third Party Authenticators of a Legal Identity

Having previously failed to clear up the abuse of telco networks, businesses responsible for STIR/SHAKEN have realized the impact that genuine authentication of calls would have on the financial sector.

ISO Publishes Standard on Verifiable Digital Identifiers for Legal Entities

ISO's adoption of the vLEIs promoted by the banking community has implications for tackling telecoms imposter frauds.

Finding the Ultimate Solution to Impersonation Fraud

The future of authenticating communications is currently being written, but you need to know where to read about it.

Uganda Tax Authorities Paid USD4mn to Dodgy Kenyan Telco Auditor

The same firm has previously been criticized for its audit of telco revenues in Ghana.

T-Mobile US Tops Charts for Latest US Scam Call Traces

There is an inherent conflict of interest in how the US traceback consortium is funded.

Will Big US MNOs Ever Be Punished for Scam Calls Traced to Them?

This week's update includes an examination of data produced by the US Industry Traceback Group, plus news about dodgy telco revenue audits in Uganda and the repatriation of Filipino scammers from Laos.

Regulator’s Research Shows Telcos Are Hiding the Truth about Global Title Leasing

Zero telcos have volunteered to comply with the GSMA's code of conduct for GT leasing.

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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