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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

Wangiri Warnings in Canada, Spain and the Netherlands

People around the world keep being warned about new outbreaks of the wangiri 'one ring' scam.

Classic RA Leakage Costs Crypto Lender $10mn

Cryptocurrency lender BlockFi confused BTC with USD when paying a promotional bonus, prompting some users to run off with their unexpected windfall.

How Safaricom Tackles Mobile Money Fraud

Patrick Kinoti, Head of Fraud at Safaricom, covers multiple aspects of their strategy for protecting M-PESA customers during a short but effective video.

The Woman Who Made a Career by Smearing African Revenue Assurance

Angela Collings is the most widely-published writer about telecoms revenue assurance that you have never heard of.

To Manage Risk You Must Manage Waste

One way to understand risk tolerance is to determine the difference between the lowest possible cost in ideal circumstances and the true optimal cost for your business.

Research Shows Recycling Phone Numbers Threatens Privacy

Academics from Princeton found more than half the numbers they obtained could be linked to personal data about former users.

Why Do Telcos Allow URLs in SMS Messages?

Daniel McTague, CTO at Cellusys, makes a persuasive argument for protecting customers by only presenting them with hyperlinks in SMS messages if the URL is known to be safe.

Angry, Biased and Superficial: BBC Reporting of Spoofing Fraud

A BBC journalist spouted a string of half-truths about CLI spoofing and crime whilst belittling a representative of the UK regulator.

Fraudsters Impersonate Anti-Fraud Association; Amateurish Response from CFCA

A lone CFCA board member says scammers have hijacked the CFCA logo and are trying to trick people into paying them money.

Worrying Lack of Improvement Observed by New Leakage Coverage Benchmarking Study

The 'contour map' of coverage for revenue and cost leakage has barely improved in two years.

SMS Firewall Provider Anam Acquired by Infobip

Infobip founder Silvio Kutić is aggressively growing Croatia's first unicorn through a series of acquisitions.

Saudi Telecom and Nokia Publish 5G Security Risk Assessment

Yasser Alswailem, VP of Cybersecurity at STC, used LinkedIn to openly share a risk assessment that many telcos will find useful.

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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