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Colin Yates

Colin has enjoyed a long and distinguished career in telecoms fraud, security and investigation. He joined Telecom New Zealand in 1990 as a Security Adviser and went on to hold a string of senior fraud management roles in Vodafone offices in AsiaPac and Europe. Since 2012 he has run his own consultancy which is best known for its PRISM database of numbers commonly used by fraudsters. Colin frequently gives advice about IRSF to groups such as the ITU, FBI, and Europol. He has held various management roles within industry groups, including the GSMA, CFCA, FIINA, ATRFA and PITA. He is a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) and has been honored many times for his work, including induction into the RAG Hall of Fame.

Articles by This Author

What Is New with IRSF Fraud?

Analysis from the PRISM database of International Premium Rate Numbers shows revenue share fraud occurs across a far wider range of destinations than before.

The Changing Risk Profile for Revenue Share Numbers

The PRISM database of revenue share numbers keeps needing to be refined to allow for changes in the methods used by IRSF and wangiri fraudsters.

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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