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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

DLT Will Tackle the A2P SMS URL Smishing Problem In India

India is showing that consumers can be protected using blockchains.

What Happened Whilst Commsrisk Was Away?

A clever innovation that will reduce smishing in India, a potentially huge development in the way China will tackle Asian scam compounds, another US robocall failure dressed up as success, and an arrest with serious implications in France.

Same Sh*t, Different Channels: Arresting the Telegram CEO

Individual nations that try to control global comms are pretending they can enforce their culture's moral expectations everywhere.

Commsrisk Will Return

Commsrisk has entered into a partnership with the Mobile Ecosystem Forum.

Thanks and Goodbye: Commsrisk Ends Today

Commsrisk has published 3,442 articles about the risks faced by comms providers and their customers over the course of 17 years and 9 months. These are the last words.

How Little Do We Know about Fraud?

A homily on the need to admit ignorance.

Zero Trust: Why Europe Is Beating the USA in the War on Telecoms Scams

The recent CEPT workshop on fraud prevention showed that European comms regulators are on the right track.

Twilio, Vonage and Verizon Feature Prominently in Latest US Scam Call Traceback Report

It is funny how the US telecoms sector never seems to be concerned when big businesses originate bad calls.

Singapore Banks to Phase Out OTPs

The banking authorities want customers to authenticate themselves via tokens on their mobile phones.

Delay of New US Rules to Prevent SIM Swap and Port-Out Frauds

US government agencies like to tell the private sector about the urgent need to protect the public from harm, but that does not translate into bureaucrats doing their jobs more rapidly.

The Mysterious Case of the Saudi Mobile Operator That Keeps Being Rejected from the US Robocall Mitigation Database

Foreign telcos may try to help the FCC, but the FCC lacks the competence to help itself.

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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