Telecom Fraud Alerts FY22 Q3

Q3 FY22

Telecom Fraud Alerts

 

Important Updates

     

➡️ 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: GSMA & Subex's MS Center of Excellence (CoE)

Top 10 Fraudulent Traffic Destinations

     

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Source: GSMA & Subex's MS Center of Excellence (CoE)

Top Fraud Incidents Reported By Fraud Type

     

Source: GSMA & Subex's MS Center of Excellence (CoE)

Telecom Frauds Reported

     

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

     

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

     

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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