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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

Scammer Made $25mn by Unlocking Phones Using Stolen T‑Mobile Credentials

Argishti Khudaverdyan used phishing and social engineering to fool T‑Mobile employees into giving him access to corporate systems.

Nigeria Is Latest Country to Make Revenue Assurance the Prelude to Taxes on Phone Users

The Nigerian government says a 5 percent tax will be imposed on all calls, SMS messages and data usage.

Is Vodafone UK Deliberately Overcharging the Dead?

George Monbiot, a writer and political activist with a cult-like following, has accepted an invitation to tell the CEO of Vodafone UK how his telco should handle bereavement.

Commsrisk Top Ten for July 2022

Some of the biggest stories during July stemmed from North America, but the popularity of these articles also reflected sustained growth for Commsrisk's audience in the USA and Canada.

Anti Corruption Bureau Halts Purchase of National Revenue Assurance System in Malawi

The Malawi Communications Regulatory Authority (MACRA) tendered for a replacement to the existing national RA system.

IRSF Fraud Expert Colin Yates Joins Symmetry Solutions

Symmetry CEO Bill Leahy has expanded his company's portfolio by adding the PRISM fraud intelligence service that Yates supplies to over 60 telcos globally.

Will the USA Dominate Global Call Authentication? A Conversation with a US Telecoms Legend

Pierce Gorman's 34 years of engineering for T-Mobile and Sprint included a leading role in the creation of STIR/SHAKEN.

Top Security Researcher Explains How to Crash Telco Networks in the Cloud

Karsten Nohl showed how cloud vulnerabilities could let hackers progress from spying on messages to taking down entire networks.

Singapore Joins Nexus of Bilateral Telecoms Spam Agreements

A deal between Singapore and Australia sees the East Asian country align with a growing web of similar deals between Western nations.

Instant Takeaways from the i3forum-RAG Wholesale Fraud Survey

Many carriers said they were following best practices for fraud mitigation but IRSF and wangiri are still big problems.

T-Mobile US Offers $350mn Settlement for Data Breach

The mobile operator will also spend another $150mn on upgrading security following a 2021 privacy breach that compromised data relating to 76.6 million people.

The Radar That Hears Your Phone Calls

A growing number of devices use radio waves in the mmWave band, making it easier to adapt this technology for nefarious purposes.

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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