Re: Telecom fraud on the rise

[Scott Savage <scott () thewaystation com>]

On Sat, 10 Jul 2004, Sean Donelan wrote:
: 10 percent of a carrier.s bottom line is lost to simple subscription fraud
: and other low-tech scams, such as when criminals sign up for service using
: fake names.

If their sales personnel were not allowed to sign up accounts over the
phone or online without doing a credit report and they were not forced
to meet inflated quotas, a lot of those accounts would never be accepted
in the first place. Identity theft is the #1 fastest growing crime right
now because it is easy money and easy to get away with. I laugh every time
I see those Citibank identity theft ads on TV because, as funny as they
are, they speak the truth. Cell providers are the worst offenders of all.

-- 
 Scott Savage
 scott(at)thewaystation.com
 www.thewaystation.com

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