{"id":31,"date":"2025-10-01T14:26:35","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T14:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.blazethemes.com\/newsmatic-pro-one\/?p=31"},"modified":"2025-10-01T14:37:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T14:37:33","slug":"why-daily-exposure-to-sunlight-is-good-for-your-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cxcloudpbx.com\/?p=31","title":{"rendered":"Which countries do VoIP attackers commonly route hacked Calls when they break into VoIP systems?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where fraudsters usually send\/route hacked VoIP traffic<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Fraudsters make money by routing calls to premium-rate or high-revenue destinations (IRSF \/ \u201ctoll fraud\u201d) or by using compromised systems to place vishing\/spam calls. The destinations that keep showing up in industry lists and reports are typically countries or number ranges with high premium\/termination payouts or weak controls. Common examples cited by telecom security vendors, fraud guides and carrier \u201chigh-risk\u201d lists include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>West Africa &amp; parts of Sub-Saharan Africa<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 e.g.,&nbsp;<strong>Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Somalia<\/strong>. (Frequently listed as high-risk toll-fraud destinations.)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/getunited.com\/support\/toll-fraud\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">getunited.com+1<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Certain Caribbean and Central American ranges<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 used historically in IRSF and traffic-pumping schemes. (Vendors often block ranges by default.)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.plivo.com\/blog\/fraud-trends\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plivo+1<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Some Eastern European and Baltic ranges<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 appear in operator high-risk lists occasionally (depends on current scams\/resellers).&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.voipcloud.online\/support\/article\/6351629979151-High-Risk-International-Destinations?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voipcloud.online<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Countries used as vishing\/spam sources or targets<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 large call-volume victims include countries like&nbsp;<strong>Brazil<\/strong>&nbsp;(hotspot for vishing) and others identified by global spam reports. (This is about where scam calls target or originate, rather than pure toll-fraud revenue destinations.)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/keepnetlabs.com\/blog\/vishing-statistics-unmasking-the-voice-phishing-threat?utm_source=chatgpt.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Keepnet Labs+1<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Important: lists change fast. Fraudsters continually shift to new number ranges and countries to avoid blocks, and providers regularly update \u201chigh-risk\u201d lists. Industry reports emphasize that&nbsp;<strong>toll fraud can involve over 200 countries<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2014 what matters is&nbsp;<em>which number ranges<\/em>&nbsp;are currently monetizable or poorly controlled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In telecom security, the term&nbsp;<strong>\u201chigh-risk toll-fraud destinations\u201d<\/strong>&nbsp;refers to countries or number ranges that are repeatedly abused by VoIP hackers to generate fraudulent international calls (known as&nbsp;<em>International Revenue Share Fraud<\/em>&nbsp;or IRSF). These destinations usually have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Premium-rate numbers<\/strong>&nbsp;that generate revenue per call\/minute.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Weaker telecom regulation<\/strong>&nbsp;or less monitoring.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>High termination costs<\/strong>&nbsp;that make them lucrative for fraudsters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Commonly Cited High-Risk Toll-Fraud Destinations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>West Africa<\/strong>: Gambia, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Liberia.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Other parts of Africa<\/strong>: Zimbabwe, Congo (DRC), Nigeria.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Caribbean Islands<\/strong>: Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, Grenada, St. Lucia, St. Kitts &amp; Nevis.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Pacific Islands<\/strong>: Vanuatu, Tonga, Nauru, Solomon Islands.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Middle East &amp; Central Asia<\/strong>: Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, Iraq.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Eastern Europe<\/strong>: Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Albania.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fraudsters make money by routing calls to premium-rate or high-revenue destinations (IRSF \/ \u201ctoll fraud\u201d) or by using compromised systems to place vishing\/spam calls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":423,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pbx-solutions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Which countries do VoIP attackers commonly route hacked Calls when they break into VoIP systems? 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