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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

New IMSI-Catcher Spy Adverts on YouTube

Social media companies need to be regulated if they will not voluntarily remove adverts for the tools of crime.

Former Subex Executive Runs for Governor of Colorado

John Brooks extolled the virtues of automating revenue and cost assurance within telcos. His manifesto proposes to do the same for government.

Hunting for Rogue Base Stations at MWC Barcelona

How would you detect a surveillance device at the world's biggest convention for mobile communications?

China Takes Lead at Global Fraud Summit

All countries are invited to join an intergovernmental alliance of law enforcement against telecom and cyber fraud, with a permanent secretariat in China.

Russia Says Ukrainian Saboteurs Had 54,000 SIMs and 220 Simboxes

The seizures result from the enforcement of new security laws.

T‑Mobile Gives Legitimate Business ‘Runaround’ over Scam Call Label; Verizon Labels Own Partner as Spam

Some people think handing global control over the labeling of calls to a few unregulated US corporations will restore trust because mistakes will only be 'occasional'.

‘Drone Pearl Harbor’: How Connecting Drones to Mobile Networks Has Changed Warfare

Cathal Mc Daid of Enea explains the military exploitation of civilian mobile networks for drone incursions and how to defend against them.

Brazil, France, Taiwan, UK: Why Comprehensive SMS Blaster News Updates Are Now Impossible

It is natural to desire certainty but we must be wary of flawed assumptions, incomplete data and misinformation.

New Evidence about Microsoft Teams Numbers Used for Scams

A revealing email from Sinch to Microsoft was also accidentally sent to the Demurrage scamhunter collective.

Former Mobileum Execs Charged with Fraud; Accused of Faking Revenues

If found guilty, the former CFO and former Chief of Delivery each face a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.

New IoT Security Vulnerability Disclosure Report Highlights Progress among Retailers

British retailers are doing an excellent job of protecting the public and Walmart has improved greatly, but be wary of cheap networked products sold on Amazon.

Taiwan Sees Rise in Cyber Attacks from China

The rulers of mainland China are continuing to ramp up the number of intrusions into Taiwan's communications infrastructure ahead of a potential invasion or blockade.

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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