How a Shocking Football Scam Reveals the Extent of Fraud
Discover the absurd football scam targeting Liverpool fans, learn about fraud’s broader implications, and get tips to stay vigilant online.
A Complete Guide to Online Age Verification
As almost all products and services are now delivered digitally, the need for online age verification becomes increasingly important. Age verification plays a critical role in preventing users from accessing age restricted content or products and ensuring businesses remain compliant with legal requirements. This article will explore the world of online age verification, its legal […]
The Potential Disaster Ahead: An Ever-changing Smoking Age
The UK government is to announce details of a plan to cut smoking rates dramatically. How are they going to make this plan work?
Precision in Portability: TMT’s Velocity Navigates the Mobile Switching Maze
Precision in Portability: TMT’s Velocity Navigates the Mobile Switching Maze Being stuck with the same Telecom Service Provider has always been an impediment to healthy competition between the mobile operators. In the past subscribers were discouraged from switching their service because they had to give up their number. So, even if other mobile operators offered […]
Gateway to Safety: Navigating Age Verification
Gateway to Safety: Navigating Age Verification Recently I had the pleasure, alongside Vodafone, to deliver a webinar to members of the GSM Association (arguably the Mobile Industries’ most influential and long-standing industry body) on the benefits of using mobile telephony data for age verification. It was the kind of webinar that I like the most, […]
How Does Age Verification Work Using A Mobile Number?
How Does Age Verification Work Using A Mobile Number? Traditional age verification methods such as by self-declaration, where users are simply asked to input their age or date of birth are becoming a thing of the past. Not only are they easily fooled but regulations and compliance are no longer allowing this as an acceptable […]
What a vaping promo that went wrong can tell us about the future of age verification
What a vaping promo that went wrong can tell us about the future of age verification Irrespective of what you might feel about the product itself, it was clear until earlier this month that the vape brand Crystal Bar had been extremely successful with its marketing. Practically unknown just a few years back, it had […]
The Big Coffee Scam – and what it can tell us about onboarding new customers
The Big Coffee Scam – and what it can tell us about onboarding new customers There may be no such thing as a free lunch – but an awful lot of people have been getting free coffee lately, courtesy of an onboarding blunder by one of our best-known food outlets. This is a story about […]
In Real Strife: the social media app where the only person you were likely to meet was a bot – and what it tells us about the importance of knowing your customers
In Real Strife: the social media app where the only person you were likely to meet was a bot – and what it tells us about the importance of knowing your customers IRL was an app that promised to connect young people and help them discover real time events together – putting the social back […]
Origin Based Rating Fraud problem
Origin Based Rating Fraud problem Telephony fraud is not new, in fact there were fraud schemes reported as far back as the 1950s. Over the years, as the complexity of the telephone networks have increased so has the creativity of fraudsters looking to make money. The 2021 CFCA Global Telecommunications Fraud Loss Survey estimated the […]
