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

By Eric Priezkalns 8 Aug 2022 Assurance & Audit

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


Half of All Australian Scams Begin with Voice Calls

By Eric Priezkalns 5 Jul 2022 Risk, Fraud & Security

Losses to scams increased by 84 percent in 2021 but there was also a 50 percent reduction in the number of phone scams reported.


Cities of Gold or the Final Meltdown? Nobody Can Predict the Future of Bitcoin

By Eric Priezkalns 18 May 2022 Digital Money

Is it brave or foolish to seek USD1bn to build a Bitcoin City? Risk can be hard to evaluate but there are also downsides to doing nothing.


Central African Republic Becomes Second Country to Accept Bitcoin as Legal Tender

By Eric Priezkalns 28 Apr 2022 Digital Money

They follow the lead of El Salvador, but have different motives for wanting to reduce reliance on currencies controlled by the West.


Is El Salvador’s Bitcoin Experiment Mad, Bad or Genius?

By Eric Priezkalns 5 Apr 2022 Digital Money

US politicians and the IMF have doubts about El Salvador using bitcoin as legal tender but they should consider how much poor people spend on transferring money between countries.


Modi Bitcoin Twitter Hack Offers a Clue about the Future of Disinformation

By Eric Priezkalns 16 Dec 2021 General

75mn followers of the Indian Prime Minister were encouraged to buy Bitcoin, but it seems none of them did.


US Government to Give Prosecutors 3 Years of Cyber Crime Training

By Eric Priezkalns 24 Nov 2021 Education & Conferences

Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco wants a stream of new prosecutors with experience of fighting cyber crime across borders.


Police Arrest Child Following $36mn Crypto SIM Swap

By Eric Priezkalns 22 Nov 2021 Digital Money

Canadian law generally prohibits the naming of offenders aged 17 or under.


Mayors of New York and Miami To Take Pay in Bitcoin

By Eric Priezkalns 17 Nov 2021 Digital Money

Eric Adams, the newly-elected Mayor of NYC, signaled a change in political attitudes towards cryptocurrencies and the innovative businesses that use them.


SIM Swapper Charged with Stealing $784,000 of Cryptocurrency

By Eric Priezkalns 10 Nov 2021 Digital Money

Joseph James O’Connor was already fighting extradition to the USA on charges of taking over the Twitter accounts of famous people.


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RAG RAFMCS Survey Results

Eric Priezkalns summarizes the largest ever survey of revenue assurance, fraud management and cybersecurity (RAFMCS) pros working for comms providers worldwide.

 

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    Thanks Eric for a well written article on Scammer Blaster. I have been using the website for a year, maybe more. The problem of receiving robocalls persuaded me to change my phone number after 6 years...
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    The FBI is gonna get their ass handed to them AGAIN - and that Half Wit running the FCC not only doesn't posses even a CB license...but thinks Call signs are ONLY for Pilots...and don't get me...

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