Mobile operators are increasingly targeted by fraudsters

According to a recent audit by Revector, a provider of mobile anti-fraud services, organised international criminal gangs can defraud a mobile operator by as much as USD 3000 per month using just one single SIM card.

Findings also indicate that:
• South and Latin America - Bypass fraud is epidemic in certain countries, where up to 90 percent of all international calls are illegally re-routed. Rates of 30-40 percent bypass are still common;
• Asia - fraud levels vary dramatically from country to country. As low as 4.35 percent developed nations, others in Asia register bypass fraud in as much as 96 percent of all calls;
• Africa - operators continue to be a major target for fraud. Recent work in the region has helped reduce bypass fraud levels, but it still remains a major problem in many countries where it is not uncommon to detect between 29 percent – 56 percent of calls fraudulently delivered;
• Eastern Europe - bypass levels are now reducing to the mid 30 percent mark and in some nations have significantly fallen from previous recorded highs of 64.6 percent bypass.