Continuing our occasional series on the different kinds of fraud that take place on mobile networks, Mark Yelland, an international expert on mobile fraud and revenue protection looks at the risks associated with subscription fraud: Subscription fraud is usually described as using a service with no...
Imagine the mood of a mobile phone sales person on hearing that the customer in his store wishes to open nine new phone lines for his business. The commission alone should ensure a Happy Christmas! However, recently in Petersburg, US, this kind of...
The Daily Telegraph reported last week that John McAfee, the entrepreneur and founder of McAfee Anti-Virus, who is currently wanted on murder charges, posted a request last week on a message board regarding how long it would take authorities to triangulate a mobile phone signal...
As we have seen, social networking sites are particularly vulnerable to fraudsters because they are communities built on trust. The urge to post personal and often intimate details of your everyday social and working life makes these site rich pickings for identity theft. Fraudsters will...
News reaches us from Juniper Research via Gomo News that only 5% of smartphones and tablets are “protected”. In this case the definition of “protected” appears to be that a device has security software installed. What caught our eye was also a comment...
The growth in the mobile app market has been nothing short of spectacular. This completely new market has developed from scratch to a potential market value of $100 billion by 2017 according to industry analysts, with the average smartphone user having 41 downloaded apps on their...
Earlier this year Javelin Strategy & Research issued new figures on identity fraud, and unsurprisingly the focus of the research was social media. Social, dating and business networking websites such as Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, and LinkedIn, have rewritten the digital landscape as users create their...
Do you know what your phone is worth? According to recent research, the average value of a recycled phone has topped £100 for the first time. Good news for people recycling phones and to find out the value of your current handset, you might wish...
We were struck by this article in the Manila Standard Today newspaper from the Philippines. It demonstrates what a huge international issue GSM Gateway or SIM Box fraud really is. The interesting thing about this story is threefold: It demonstrates a clear connection between international telecommunications fraud...
Our attention was drawn to a story in the media regarding mobile fraud. First, thirteen operators in Latin America have joined forces to combat mobile handset theft. This is a positive move that will enable operators in Latin America to share information on stolen handsets...