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April 21, 2009
What is International Revenue Share Fraud?
International Revenue Share Fraud is a form of traffic inflation, or traffic pumping, and will manifest itself on your international invoices. In this scenario an international revenue share provider obtains a number, or range of numbers, designated as premium rate service (PRS) numbers. Premium rate numbers allow callers to access some form of value added information or entertainment service. They are like 900 numbers in the U.S. Calls to premium rate numbers are priced higher than normal traffic terminating to the same country. Calls to premium rate numbers generate profit both for the revenue share provider and the content provider. The revenue share from premium rate numbers will vary by country and can range between 30% and 80% of the net tariff. Fraudsters are able to take advantage of these arrangements by obtaining international PRS numbers themselves, or entering into arrangements with the PRS content providers, and then driving traffic to them through various methods. The fraudsters are then compensated by the international revenue share providers on a monthly or bi-monthly basis. The international revenue share providers make their money by collecting high international settlement changes from the foreign carriers sending them the traffic. You will see this fraud as unexpected spikes in high-cost traffic to foreign countries.
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