ICF100

Expensive Termination Frauds

100

This fraud tricks people into calling a premium rate number back.

Wangiri

200

This type of fraud is most successful when the fraudster can generate a lot of false traffic forcing the carrier to pay

Premium Rate

300

This fraud occurs when the fraudster resells phone call and doesn't pay for them

Call Sell

400

This fraud involves that diversion of traffic to a source other than the one the call is addressed to

Traffic Hijack

500

This fraud happens when the carrier is tricked into diverted traffic to a rare, expensive destination (like CUBA)

High Termination Destination

Injection Frauds

100

This method of hacking involves physically violating the trunk

Tee In / Line Splice

200

This method of hacking requires the hacker to phone the IP address, port and login/password of a corporate PBX

PBX Hack

300

This method of PBX hack does not require an IP hack

DISA - Dial Through Frauds

400

These 2 parties are most often found to be the sources of inside information fed to PBX hackers

PBX Installer, I/T Staff

500

This is reason that most telecoms aggresively fight pbx hacking even when the contract requires the customer to pay

Customer is Liable, but telecom will pay because the customer cannot

Simbox Detection

100

What are the 3 most common methods of detecting a SIMBOX

FMS, Test Calls, Data Warehouse

200

What method of detection is the only one that is considered PROOF of bypass

Test calls (a.num altered)

300

Name some of the companies offer SIMBOX test call detection services?

Revector, Araxxe, Meucci, et. al

400

How can a fraudster get around a test call detection service?

Route traffic from test callers to "white routes", send the rest of the traffic through "black routes"

500

Why is an FMS alone not the best solution for SIMBOX?

Too long to detect, not reliable identification

SIMBOX Deterrence

100

What is the number one method of SIMBOX deterrence

Cut off SIM

200

Why is the cut off of SIMs often ineffective

Fraudster can simply replace the SIM, almost no delay

300

Under what circumstances is it illegal to cut off a SIMBOX SIM

Simboxes are not illegal in your country, the regulator has not certified your method of detection as "proof"

400

What is a Virtual SIMBOX and how does it escalate the SIMBOX problem?

SIMs are kept in another country, there is no SIMBOX to find, almost impossible to prove.

500

What are some of the more effective methods of SIMBOX containment

Cut back on SIM inventory, change termination rates - lower the arbitrage, monitor IP traffic