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Mobile Carrier Anti-Fraud Technology Company Blockfraud Raises $5 Million In Series A Funding To Combat Mobile Billing Fraud Worldwide
[June 26, 2017]

Mobile Carrier Anti-Fraud Technology Company Blockfraud Raises $5 Million In Series A Funding To Combat Mobile Billing Fraud Worldwide


LOS ANGELES, June 26, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- BlockFraud Inc., a US-based technology company, announced today it has closed $5 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Los Angeles-based venture capital firm, Palisades Venture Capital.

BlockFraud provides digital anti-fraud solutions to mobile carriers around the world. (PRNewsfoto/BlockFraud)

BlockFraud operates a mobile billing anti-fraud technology company that provides a targeted selection of proprietary anti-fraud software to mobile carriers around the world. The company is comprised of an international network of mobile billing experts and world-class developers who have created a range of innovative mobile billing fraud solutions. BlockFraud partners with domestic and international mobile carriers to implement its advanced software which eliminates several of the most significant and pervasive forms of mobile billing fraud currently in existence.

"Mobile carrier billing fraud is a significant global economic issue and one that not enough people are talking about," says Massimo Cristini, CEO of BlockFraud. "The forms of mobile billing fraud BlockFraud's solutions protect against account for roughly one billion dollars deceptively charged to mobile subscribers anually worldwide. When mobile carriers implement BlockFraud software within their systems, these forms of fraud are rendered obsolete and additionally, BlockFraud alerts mobile carriers to unauthorised auto-subscribing and auto-billing activity which is a huge source of mobile billing fraud in and of itself.



Created as a solution to several of the most widespread forms of mobile billing fraud currently being perpetrated against consumers around the world, BlockFraud maintains partnerships with many leading mobile carriers. These partnerships currently protect tens of millions of mobile subscribers worldwide against various forms of mobile billing fraud and the $5 million Series A funding will be dedicated to developing new international mobile carrier partnerships to further expand the global reach of BlockFraud's anti-fraud services.

About BlockFraud
BlockFraud Inc. is a US-based technology company headquartered in Los Angeles, California, that provides digital anti-fraud solutions to mobile carriers around the world. BlockFraud's team of mobile billing experts and world-class developers have created proprietary software that eliminates today's most pervasive forms of mobile carrier billing fraud. BlockFraud also offers a unique Monitoring Solution that instantaneously alerts carriers to any unauthorized auto-subscribing and auto-billing attempts. For more information, please visit www.BlockFraud.com.


Website: http://blockfraud.com/

Social:
Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/BlockFraud/ 
Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/block_fraud/?hl=en 

For more information, please contact:

Priscilla Vento
Founder and CEO | 30 Miles North
(310) 593-3988
[email protected]

 

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SOURCE BlockFraud


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