Method of identifying instances of international call interconnect bypass telecommunications fraud

1. A method of identifying instances of international call interconnect bypass telecommunications fraud, the method comprising:

providing a cross-network call identifying routine deployed within an originating telecommunications network or a terminating telecommunications network, wherein the originating telecommunications network and the terminating telecommunications network are located in different countries and wherein a plurality of transit operators routes a phone call from a caller in the originating telecommunications network to a callee in the terminating telecommunications network, the cross-network call identifying routine configured to execute the steps comprising:

establishing a first network connection with a first server having a first call details record (CDR) of the originating telecommunications network stored thereon;

accessing the first CDR and identifying therein an outgoing call from the caller registered in the originating telecommunications network to the callee registered in the terminating telecommunications network, the callee having a first identifier associated therewith;

establishing a second network connection with a second server having a second CDR of the terminating telecommunications network stored thereon;

accessing the second CDR and querying the second CDR for a record of an incoming call corresponding to the outgoing call based on the first identifier of the callee;

responsive to identifying, within the second CDR, the record of the incoming call corresponding to the first identifier of the callee, determining whether the incoming call is recorded within the second CDR as a local call or an international call;

responsive to determining that the incoming call is recorded in the second CDR as the local call, identifying the incoming call as an instance of the international call interconnect bypass telecommunications fraud; and

automatically transmitting a communication to a network administrator notifying the network administrator of the instance of the international call interconnect bypass fraud associated with the incoming call.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein prior to identifying the incoming call as the instance of the international call interconnect bypass telecommunications fraud, verifying whether time information corresponding to the outgoing call matches time information corresponding to the incoming call, the time information being selected from the group consisting of a call duration, a call origination time, a call termination time, and a combination thereof.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the step of verifying whether the time information corresponding to the outgoing call matches the time information corresponding to the incoming call comprises:

obtaining, from the first CDR, the time information corresponding to the outgoing call;

obtaining, from the second CDR, the time information corresponding to the incoming call; and

determining whether the time information corresponding to the outgoing call matches the time information corresponding to the incoming call.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cross-network call identifying routine identifies, within the plurality of the transit operators, a first transit operator that committed the international call interconnect bypass telecommunications fraud.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first transit operator is identified by analyzing multiple instances of the international call interconnect bypass telecommunications fraud in which the first transit operator is one of the plurality of the transit operators involved in routing the phone call.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first transit operator is excluded from the plurality of the transit operators for routing of subsequent phone calls.

7. A method of identifying instances of international call interconnect bypass telecommunications fraud committed by a first transit operator within a plurality of transit operators used to route an international phone call from a caller in an originating telecommunications network to a callee in a terminating telecommunications network, wherein the originating telecommunication network and the terminating telecommunications network serve different countries, the method comprising:

establishing a first network connection with a first server having a first call details record (CDR) of the originating telecommunications network stored thereon;

accessing the first CDR and identifying therein an outgoing call from the caller registered in the originating telecommunications network to the callee registered in the terminating telecommunications network, the callee having a first identifier associated therewith;

establishing a second network connection with a second server having a second CDR of the terminating telecommunications network stored thereon;

accessing the second CDR;

querying the second CDR for a record of an incoming call corresponding to the outgoing call based on the first identifier of the callee;

responsive to identifying, within the second CDR, the record of the incoming call corresponding to the first identifier of the callee, determining whether the incoming call is recorded within the second CDR as a local call or an international call;

responsive to determining that the incoming call is recorded in the second CDR as the local call, identifying the incoming call as an instance of the international call interconnect bypass telecommunications fraud;

identifying, within the plurality of the transit operators, the first transit operator that committed the international call interconnect bypass telecommunications fraud; and

automatically excluding the first transit operator from the plurality of the transit operators for routing of subsequent phone calls.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein prior to identifying the incoming call as the instance of the international call interconnect bypass telecommunications fraud, verifying whether time information corresponding to the outgoing call matches time information corresponding to the incoming call, the time information being selected from the group consisting of a call duration, a call origination time, a call termination time, and a combination thereof.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the step of verifying whether the time information corresponding to the outgoing call matches the time information corresponding to the incoming call comprises:

obtaining, from the first CDR, the time information corresponding to the outgoing call;

obtaining, from the second CDR, the time information corresponding to the incoming call; and

determining whether the time information corresponding to the outgoing call matches the time information corresponding to the incoming call.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the first transit operator is identified by analyzing multiple instances of the international call interconnect bypass telecommunications fraud in which the first transit operator is one of the plurality of the transit operators involved in routing the phone call.

11. The method of claim 7 , automatically transmitting a communication to a network administrator notifying the network administrator of the instance of the international call interconnect bypass telecommunications fraud associated with the incoming call.

12. A method of using a cross-network call identifying routine for identifying instances of international call interconnect bypass telecommunications fraud committed by a first transit operator within a plurality of transit operators used to route an international phone call from a caller in an originating telecommunications network to a callee in a terminating telecommunications network, wherein the originating telecommunication network and the terminating telecommunications network serve different countries and wherein the cross-network call identifying routine is deployed within the originating telecommunications network or the terminating telecommunications network, the method comprising:

establishing a first network connection with a first server having a first call details record (CDR) of the originating telecommunications network stored thereon;

accessing the first CDR and identifying therein an outgoing call from the caller registered in the originating telecommunications network to the callee registered in the terminating telecommunications network, the callee having a first identifier associated therewith;

establishing a second network connection with a second server having a second CDR of the terminating telecommunications network stored thereon;

accessing the second CDR;

querying the second CDR for a record of an incoming call corresponding to the outgoing call based on the first identifier of the callee;

responsive to identifying, within the second CDR, the record of the incoming call corresponding to the first identifier of the callee, determining whether the incoming call is recorded within the second CDR as a local call or an international call;

responsive to determining that the incoming call is recorded in the second CDR as the local call, identifying the incoming call as an instance of the international call interconnect bypass telecommunications fraud; and

automatically transmitting a communication to a network administrator notifying the network administrator of the instance of the international call interconnect bypass telecommunications fraud associated with the incoming call.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein prior to identifying the incoming call as the instance of the international call interconnect bypass telecommunications fraud, verifying whether time information corresponding to the outgoing call matches time information corresponding to the incoming call, the time information being selected from the group consisting of a call duration, a call origination time, a call termination time, and a combination thereof.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the step of verifying whether the time information corresponding to the outgoing call matches the time information corresponding to the incoming call comprises:

obtaining, from the first CDR, the time information corresponding to the outgoing call;

obtaining, from the second CDR, the time information corresponding to the incoming call; and

determining whether the time information corresponding to the outgoing call matches the time information corresponding to the incoming call.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the cross-network call identifying routine is configured to identify, within the plurality of the transit operators, the first transit operator that committed the international call interconnect bypass telecommunications fraud.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first transit operator is identified by analyzing multiple instances of the international call interconnect bypass telecommunications fraud in which the first transit operator is one of the plurality of the transit operators involved in routing the phone call.

17. The method of claim 15 ,

wherein the first transit operator is excluded from the plurality of the transit operators for routing of subsequent phone calls.