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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

Leadership for Africans (and Everyone Else)

Some thoughts about the difference between being more advanced and being a leader.

World’s Largest Dark Web Market Taken Down

DarkMarket was said to have enabled USD140mn of transactions between 2,400 vendors and almost 500,000 users.

Racist Robocaller Fined $9.9mn

American neo-Nazi Scott Rhodes spoofed the CLIs of 4,959 calls that promoted his website and beliefs.

RAG and GSMA FASG Top Poll of Respected RAFM Collaborations; GRAPA and CFCA at Bottom

Our poll asked respondents to rate 12 organizations and programs using a 5-star scale.

US City Ends Public Use of Facial Recognition by Private Sector

Residents of Portland can demand $1,000 in damages for each day their new rights are violated. The impact will extend beyond Portland.

Data, Debt and Appreciating Loyal Customers

If you knew people who had enhanced profits by helping loyal customers to switch to the best tariff, would you not want to share their advice with the largest possible audience?

Wake Up Sleepy Customers to Revive Profits

Understanding more about a quietly profitable customer could lead them to generate even more profit for your business.

Wangiri Warnings in Poland and Paraguay

Based on past experience, it seems the telecoms sector prefers driving consumers away from their phones to driving fraudsters off their networks.

RAFM Collaboration: Who Do You Know and Who Do You Respect?

It is easier to talk about the idea of collaboration than to find good examples. So which RAFM collaborations would you recommend?

Commsrisk Top Ten for 2020

Lockdowns accelerated Commsrisk's growth during 2020, but the most popular story of the year was a lesson about being careful when connecting with strangers online.

Great Start for RAG TV Season 3

RAG TV is reaching new levels of audience engagement. The third season began with an energetic debate about the key trends from last year.

New Phone, New Billing Confusion

It is possible that the Editor of Commsrisk suffers many more billing errors than other customers, but it is not likely. Our industry must live in the real world if it wants to improve.

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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