Fraudstrike Publishes Top IPRN Destinations

To commit International Revenue Share Fraud you need a premium rate number to dial. So which locations are home to the most International Premium Rate Numbers (IPRNs)? Fraudstrike has published a handy list of the top 15 destinations per recent advertising. Cuba tops the list for both March and April. Look here for the rest.

Eric Priezkalns
Eric Priezkalnshttp://revenueprotect.com

Eric is the Editor of Commsrisk. Look here for more about the history of Commsrisk and the role played by Eric.

Eric is also the Chief Executive of the Risk & Assurance Group (RAG), an association of professionals working in risk management and business assurance for communications providers. RAG was founded in 2003 and Eric was appointed CEO in 2016.

Previously Eric was Director of Risk Management for Qatar Telecom and he has worked with Cable & Wireless, T‑Mobile, Sky, Worldcom and other telcos. He was lead author of Revenue Assurance: Expert Opinions for Communications Providers, published by CRC Press.

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  1. Eric I notice East Timor makes the list, do you have any insights on that? Most of the others are one’s I would already expect it from.

    • It’s due to the complete lack of regulation – instead of reserving a specific number range for premium rate services, any number range can be used, and Timor Telecom, which already charges some of the highest termination rates in the world, is happy to turn a blind eye.

      There is a huge amount of unused numbering space because when the telephone numbering plan was first devised, it gave three times as much space to fixed line phones (almost non-existent outside the capital) as to mobiles.

      The National Communications Authority of Timor-Leste’s website (still ‘being developed’ after three years) doesn’t list a telephone number or email address. The country has come on a long way, but this does nothing to challenge the ‘failed state’ stereotype.

      As a result, it’s now common for companies to block all calls to East Timor, meaning that people who want and need to call the country from abroad are unable to do so. Skype charges $1.75 a minute, but even then you can’t get through, while being charged for ir.

      The irony is that even those who defended Timor Telecom’s former monopoly, use Skype or Viber themselves, a case of ‘do as I say’, not as I do. Of course, the more they use VoIP services, the less revenue Timor Telecom and its competitors get from phone calls.

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