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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.

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Commsrisk Top Ten for September 2022

Commsrisk has a truly diverse global audience with readers in such varied cities as Augsburg, Busan, Minneapolis, Accra and Shenzhen.

Thanking the Marketeers

Marketing is often associated with taking risks, but that does not mean marketeers and risk managers must be enemies.

US Military Caught Using Fake Social Media Accounts to Influence Foreign Opinion

Commanders responsible for psychological operations have been ordered to report to the government on how they use social media.

Difficulty of Assessing Fraud Losses May Stop Digicel from Obtaining Justice in UPM Simbox Trial

UPM argue Charles Castel, a former Governor of Haiti's central bank, should not be allowed as an expert witness for Digicel.

Not a Silver Bullet? How STIR/SHAKEN Is Sold to International Markets

Do we want real solutions to the problem of spoofed robocalls? Or do we want sales propaganda followed by excuses for failure?

Why We Should Stop Talking about Silver Bullets (and the Lack of Them)

Sometimes important questions receive answers that are not really answers.

Massive Privacy Breach at Optus

The CEO of the Australian telco immediately apologized but sources says up to 9 million customers may be affected because foreign hackers exploited a leaky API.

Learning from YouTubers Who Hack Scam Call Centers

Developers of a robocall blocking app brought together YouTube's leading scambaiters for a week. Imagine if teams like these investigated scam calls all year.

US and EU Regulators Sign Robocall Agreement, but Only the US Says It Covers Robocalls

More is revealed by the differences in press releases issued by BEREC and the FCC than by their smiles for the cameras.

Twitter Is ‘Terrified’ of French Regulator and 6 other Takeaways from Whistleblower’s Senate Testimony

Former Twitter exec Peiter 'Mudge' Zatko described flaws with the company's security and with US privacy protections in general.

Children Used for Giant Fraud on Comms Services Subsidized by US Government

It is good that poor children can go online. It is bad if government subsidies allow a four year old to obtain 1,042 broadband accounts.

GVG Wants Africans to Have a Digital Identity So It Is Easier to Tax Them

Siphoning money from stealth taxes on voice is only an intermediary stage in the business plan for Global Voice Group (GVG).

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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