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 PRISM database of revenue share numbers keeps needing to be refined to allow for changes in the methods used by IRSF and wangiri fraudsters.
How can smaller international carriers compete in a high volume, low margin business? The answer is to deliver quality and prevent fraud.
Why are so few telco fraudsters punished? Is it sufficient to block the top ten IRSF destinations? Does RA suffer a lack of innovation? These and other questions were covered in this week’s episode.
Two Maltese operators suffered losses of USD32,300 after Vodafone Greece SIMs were used to make calls to unallocated UK numbers.
International revenue share fraud (IRSF) is spread far more widely than before, says data from fraud expert Colin Yates.
Instead of telling us that International Revenue Share Fraud is important, vendors should state what they can do to prevent it.
Biaas argues fraudsters exploit destinations on carrier price lists which cannot be used for normal international termination.
National dial plans define how many digits belong in a valid number. Guy Howie says fraudsters and telcos ignore those rules.
The EU’s roam like home policy may amplify the cost of telecoms fraud because of the impact of wholesale charges.
Oculeus CEO Arnd Baranowski says the IP addresses of PBX hackers can and should be blocked before they succeed.