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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

The Wrong Strategy for Selling AI to Risk Managers

Nobody buys technology just because it is technology. They buy technology because they want to use it to satisfy their goals.

“I Will Work from the Backend”: Transcripts from a Robocall Investigation

Indiana's top prosecutor is showing the public how telcos facilitate bad traffic by allowing crooks to hide behind a series of fronts.

The SIM Swap Fraud Service with 5-Star Reviews

A new website with videos that have been viewed thousands of times on YouTube is offering dodgy services that are strikingly similar to a phone surveillance service from 2017.

Over 400 Downloads of the RAG Fraud Catalog

There has been a tremendous response to the Risk & Assurance Group's first fraud inventory for comms providers but our industry must be even more united if we are to defeat fraud.

Will India’s Telecoms Regulator Compete with Private Sector Caller Identity Apps?

Indians suffer many scam calls but TRAI Chairman PD Vaghela wants to leverage data obtained when users register a new SIM.

Phone App Buys P2P SMS Allowances from Consumers to Reuse for A2P SMS

Simcash tells users their phone will relay one time passwords and similar A2P messages but consumer reviews suggest that is false.

UK Adopts New Rules to Stop CLI Spoofing but Not STIR/SHAKEN

Like other countries, the UK is taking an Australian-style approach to nuisance calls in preference to the faltering strategy of the USA.

New Catalog of Telecoms Fraud Now Available

Geoff Ibbett released version 0.1 of the RAG Fraud Catalog just in time to present it at RAG Sydney. The subsequent response from telcos has been enthusiastic.

3,000 Articles and What Has Been Learned?

Some stories can be told in a single sitting, but others require the compilation of a body of work before the narrative becomes plain.

High Court Rejects Lesotho Government’s Attempt to Stop GVG National RA Contract

It is no surprise that GVG can afford better lawyers than the imbecilic governments and regulators that sign contracts with them.

US Imposes $600K Penalty on UK Telco over Russian Ownership

The FCC drew special attention to the 22.8% of Truphone shares owned by sanctioned oligarch Roman Abramovich.

Obituary for Glenn Hovey

Glenn made many friends whilst at T-Mobile, Vodafone and Macquarie Telecom. He will be sorely missed.

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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