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Q3 FY22 |
Telecom Fraud Alerts
Important Updates |
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➡️ Total suspected fraudulent numbers reported in October, November and December: 19530 ➡️ Number of countries reported for fraudulent traffic in October: 128 ➡️ Number of countries reported for fraudulent traffic in November: 76 ➡️ Number of countries reported for fraudulent traffic in December: 95 Source: Subex's MS Center of Excellence (CoE) |
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Top Fraud Incidents Reported By Fraud Type |
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Telecom Frauds Reported |
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Toronto police charge 4 people in alleged identity theft, fraud operation worth millions
Toronto police say they have charged four people allegedly involved in an “organized hierarchy” committing identity theft and fraud worth millions of dollars. They allege suspects stole victims' identities and personal banking information, then used that information to create fraudulent IDs.
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FirstHealth warns of caller ID spoof scam
FirstHealth of the Carolinas warned the community about a scam that uses “caller ID spoofing” after receiving reports that people are receiving phone calls that appear to be from a FirstHealth phone number but are instead from a scammer that could be trying to gain access to personal information.
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Two SIM swappers phished a phone company so they could steal $16K in crypto
Kyell Bryan and Jordan K. Milleson are indicted in identity theft for a SIM swapping and cryptocurrency theft scheme, according to the United States Attorney’s Office of the District of Maryland.
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Company sued for allegedly funneling 4.8 million scam robocalls to Indiana residents
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita is suing an Indiana telecommunications company for its alleged role in overseeing more than 4.8 million scam calls.
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Our Recent Case Studies |
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Case Study
Tackling Frauds in Mobile Money Ecosystem: A Case Study of MTN Eswatini
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Case Study
Tier-1 Operator Combats Bypass Fraud with Subex Fraud Management System
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Case Study
Dropping the Mask: Facing the Repercussions of Spoofed Calls
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Case Study
Tier-1 Middle East Operator prevents Wangiri fraud with Signaling Security
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Our Recent Point of Views |
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Point of View
What is A2P fraud, and how is it eating into telecom revenues?
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Point of View
Mobile Money: Need for Fraud and Money Laundering Controls
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Point of View
Combating Robocalls with Multi-Tiered Detection and Prevention Approach
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Point of View
SIP Security: Why should it matter?
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For all previous fraud alerts click on the following link: https://www.subex.com/fraud-alerts/ |
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