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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

19 National Comms Regulators Join New International Forum for Scam Prevention

The Global Informal Regulatory Antifraud Forum (GIRAF) will be chaired by a representative of Norwegian regulator Nkom and will work in parallel with the One Consortium initiative.

Thai Regulator Shuts Down 84 Cell Sites That Served Foreign Scam Call Centers

Thai police and the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission are intensifying their ongoing battle with telcos that provide network access to scammers in Myanmar and Cambodia.

Who Buys All the Crappy Revenue Assurance Marketing Research?

Q. When is a revenue assurance report not a revenue assurance report? A. When it claims to offer market research.

When Hackers Attack Commsrisk

Visitors may have noticed some side-effects of a huge attack that occurred recently.

Will SIM Swap Fraud Cause Voters to Oppose National Digital ID?

Australia's One Nation party cited a recent SIM swap when arguing against government centralization of digital identities.

US Networks Could Close Because of $3bn Funding Gap in Anti-China ‘Rip and Replace’ Program

Telcos that meet the requirements for grants to replace Huawei and ZTE equipment have received less than 40% of the amounts due.

China Adopts Rival Caller Identification Standard to STIR/SHAKEN

Huawei, ZTE, Samsung and three of the world's biggest telcos were involved in the creation of the new standard, which is set to be implemented by November 1.

US Prosecutors Target Alleged Scam Call Centers in the Dominican Republic

11 citizens of the Dominican Republic have been charged with operating a 'grandparent scam', along with five New Yorkers who collected cash from victims.

New Threat Intelligence Framework for Mobile Comms

Cathal Mc Daid of Enea explained why he led the development of a newly-published threat classification system with the assistance of Ericsson, Huawei and Mobileum.

Why AT&T’s Huge Data Breach Is Good News for Their Credit Agency

A privacy breach that affected 73 million people will later translate into a golden sales prospect for Experian.

Bad Data Supplied to UK Police by Mobile Operator May Undermine Prosecution of Serious Crimes

Police are manually checking for inaccuracies in data given to them by O2, the UK operation of Telefónica.

Commsrisk Top Ten for April 2024

Which stories grabbed the attention of your peers? These Commsrisk articles attracted most readers during April.

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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