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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

41% Fall in Short Calls Received by Brazilians

A downward spiral can occur when telemarketers make an increasing number of calls to ordinary people who no longer want to pick up.

Signaling Firewalls, Network Resilience and Teenage SIM Swappers: Commsrisk Show 3

Are we building too much upon the insecure foundations of our networks? Failures can occur by both accident and design.

The Story of a $24mn SIM Swap

PR exec Michael Terpin unsuccessfully sued AT&T for USD224mn after SIM swappers raided his cryptocurrency wallets, but was able to use his business skills to track down the culprits.

Spanish Telcos Receive 5% of All Known GDPR Fines across Europe

Vodafone receives an especially large number of data protection fines from Spain's Agencia Española de Protección de Datos.

Commsrisk Top Ten for August 2023

Older Commsrisk articles attracted unusual amounts of traffic during August. This resulted in the third-highest number of monthly visitors since the website's inception.

Prosecutor Boasts of “Potential Fines in the Billions” But Actual Fine for Robocaller Is Just $5,000

Todd Rokita wants journalists to know about his robocall victories, but he might not want them reviewing his old press releases.

A2P Message Registries, International Call Validation and AI Language Models: Commsrisk Show 2

New tech makes it harder to trust what we read and hear, and methods that are supposed to increase trust are under fire too.

3-Year Prison Sentence for SIM Swapper Who Stole Cryptocurrency Worth $20mn

Anthony Faulk also forfeited a million-dollar home, JP Morgan accounts holding millions, luxury cars and fancy jewelry.

Top Lawyer Says Indian Takeover of US Anti-Spam SMS Registry Is Threat to National Security

Should Tata be denied control of The Campaign Registry, a US body that manages which A2P messages are allowed?

Two British Teenagers Found Guilty of Belonging to LAPSUS$ SIM Swapping Hacker Gang

Arion Kurtaj began his criminal career of blackmail and fraud when he was 16. He trained an apprentice who is still too young to name.

Telcos, Regulators and Nonprofits Commit to Global Online Meeting on Call Validation

The One Consortium wants to solve problems caused by CLI spoofing without creating new problems through inconsistent national rules.

Rapid Pace of Change Highlighted as The Commsrisk Show Begins a New Season

Risk managers should learn from mistakes. It is easier to learn from mistakes if we are allowed to laugh at them.

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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