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Is the Real You on the Line? Conferencing Thieves Can Rack Up Huge Bills

Blogger: Trish Zimmerman
Monday, July 20th, 2009

Imagine opening your conferencing bill to find that $2,500 has been generated on your account in a single weekend. It’s your name, your dial-in numbers and even your passcode, but it wasn’t you on the line. Think this couldn’t happen to you? Think again.

Fraudulent usage has become prevalent enough in the conferencing world that PGi offers an “Enhanced Authentication” feature on its international automated GlobalMeet® service. Enhanced Authentication is mandatory for clients who have participants joining from Brazil, China, India and Malaysia. However, all GlobalMeet clients may subscribe to the feature – free of charge. Enhanced Authentication uses the following features to make it more difficult for fraudulent users to access a conference: