Bulletin Board # 49

I received the following posts from an individual working for a European Telecom company, seeking information on how to combat fraud within that industry. If you would be interested in assisting him in this endeavor, I'll be glad to pass on your name/e-mail address so that you can interface directly. I am sanitizing his personal information at this point, but it appears he is totally legitimate and concerned.

Although he specifically lists Telecom companies, information on combating fraud is applicable to all areas and can provide assistance to others, regardless of the industry or trade. If you are interested in passing on hints or procedures to him (or to the list in general), post it here and it can be done with your name included or anonymously (be sure and let me know).

Also, if you bleong to any other groups, or have contacts with anyone in any of the Telecom industry, pass this on.

Thanks,

Tim Johnson
Post your initial responses to
dbugman@dbugman.com



Second e-mail
Tim,

Thanks for your turnaround answer.

What we are really looking for at this point, is to discuss with other telecommunication companies like AT&T, SPRINT, MCI, Bell, etc., how they are working with fraud in their organizations, how they have organized themselves to this end, etc.

We are currently preparing a questionnaire/evaluation tool intended for use when we talk to representatives from the above and other telecommunication companies. What we want to accomplish really, is sort of "benchmarking" how fraud is fought, destill some best practice for the other companies and eventually see how ******* best could organize its own work in this field taking all aspects of similarities, differences, experience, practice etc into consideration.

So, Tim, if you do have any contacts within AT&T, SPRINT, MCI, Bell ...that you think could be worthwhile touching bases with, I'd appreciate if you could give me a hint.

Do not hesitate to contact me again if you have any more queries or if there is something I could help you with. I's be more than happy to reciprocate your service.



Third Post

My company is ********** AS, P.O. Box *, ******, *******, ******, telephone . (http//www.*********.**) Formerly I was employed by Coopers & Lybrand, . Other verifications should be made either thru ASIS (membership # ******), where I have served in several leadership positions at both chapter and regional level, or the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE), Austin, TX, phone (800)-245-3321 or (512) 478 9070. I am a Certified Fraud Examiner.

Contacts with ASIS: Past Presidents Jim Atkinson, CPP (Retired), Larry Howe, CPP, Chad Rea, CPP, Ken Joseph, PhD or John Mallon, CPP. At Hdq, you could talk to Sue Melnicove.

Contacts with ACFE: Chairman of the Board Joe Wells, CPA, CFE or Program Director Jim Ratley, CFE.

As far as details about the specific project I am managing is concerned, I do not think its a good idea to make a general posting. In terms of posting my details, I do not have any problems with that.

Again, thanks for your help and advice so far.



I chose to err on the side of caution by not posting the personal information at this time, but will place you in contact. This sounds like a good project to assist with.



Subject: Caller ID for Fred

From: Debra Bruce
To: dbugman@dbugman.com

You are correct.

It is true that the CLASS option of Caller ID is passed down the telephone line from the CO and all a targeted phone needs is a Radio Shack Caller ID box to know if this option has been activated.

However, LEAs can work around this. A good "tap" is transparent to the target.



I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome Chris to the private sector. I'll let her tell about her experience and qualifications, but I was impressed with her when she attended TSCI's last TSCM/POPI seminar in Boston. You can get additional info from her web site at

http://www.tekspek.com

I'll provide additional Information in tghe nest posting as I was a real dummy and deleted her last post to me and then emptied the trash and the additional info I asked her for. Such is life when you are thinking on one cylinder and it is clogged.



Well, folks, welcome to another New Year. I hope your old one treated you as well as mine did me and my family. We weathered '97 very well personally, financially, physically and mentally (well, three out of four is pretty good).

For those interested in Mikey's condition, they've given him a very good report and now, his mom can start beating him again :>) The growth that could not be removed has reduced greatly in size and the doctors expect it to continue doing so.

Trevor is already into his terrible twos and he's not even 21 months old yet.

Wyatt is NOT staying where he was placed and he isn't seven months old yet.

For those who are new to this forum, it appears we have started a second family at our advanced ages of 57 and ?? (can I tell how old Toni is and live with it?). :>) Trev and Wyatt are our youngest sons children. More later on this month.

Toni, somehow or other, is still putting up with me after almost 35 years and (lordy, lordy, lordy) do I feel old today (I'm suffering from either a sinus problem or a head cold---have been for about three or four days).

The year ended in a positive note with a last minute business trip to Las Vegas (I only had time to loose $2.00 on this trip) just before New Years and started off well with local work and a trip to Utah. On tap are firmed up trips to Illinois, Minnesota and New York City with plenty of local work scattered about between trips.

We didn't get to go home for the holidays, so we missed the traditional Christmas family dinner of shrimp and crab and oyster held at Toni's brothers home (in south Louisiana). We also missed my grandmothers 103rd birthday on the 4th of December but plan on being there for the 104th.

As you can see, for us it was a super year and I hope all of you have the same.

Tim, Toni, Trevor and Wyatt