WHITE COLLAR CRIME AND THE CELL PHONE BANDITS!! – Atlanta Georgia

White collar crime usually involves the upper crust of the criminal element.  Typically these offenders are of high social standing, have higher than average paying jobs and commit some sort of crime.

I remember starting in the corporate world and there was no such thing as a computer on everyone’s desk or a cell phone in everyone’s pocket.  Nowadays, with all the technology around us, white collar crime has a whole new set of avenues to venture down.  One of those roads is through cell phone fraud.

What is cell phone fraud?  It’s the unlawful use, tampering or manipulation of a cell phone or the actual cell phone service.  It would never occur to most people but…There are all types of evil criminal things we can do to commit fraud with a cell phone.  The two most prevalent crimes are cell phone cloning and subscriber fraud.

Cloning is based on the fact that every single cell phone in the world has a unique factory set electronic serial number and telephone number.  You can take a phone, “clone” another phone’s electronic serial number and phone number and bam, an unsuspecting user is charged for fraudulent calls.  Where does the white collar crime come in?  It’s easier to work for a cell phone company and obtain the electronic serial numbers to commit the cloning.

Subscriber fraud is when a person or persons signs up for service with fraudulent identity.  Where is the white collar crime in this?  When you are a patron at a store or retail outlet try to keep all your personal information private.  If employees steal your information it can take months or years to straighten out your credit report.

Have you been a victim of white collar crime ?  Contact us at white collar crime or call 1.770.426.0547 for assistance – Atlanta Georgia