Call screening service for detecting fraudulent inbound/outbound communications with subscriber devices

1. A method, comprising:

determining whether to transmit to a mobile device that an inbound call has an elevated likelihood of being a scam call based on an inbound call origination source location;

wherein when the mobile device is identified as not actively roaming, creating a call block rule for a predefined period of time, wherein the call block rule blocks all inbound calls to the mobile device at a protected carrier network.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising

determining whether the inbound call originated from a protected carrier network or an out-of-network carrier network comprises determining whether the one or more call parameters identify origination device address registered with the protected carrier network or with the out-of-network carrier network.

3. The method of claim 2 , comprising

when the origination device address is registered at the out-of-network carrier network, determining whether the inbound call is assigned to a subscriber telephone number actively roaming in the out-of-network carrier network.

4. The method of claim 3 , comprising

performing a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) query to identify whether the subscriber telephone number is actively roaming.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein when the subscriber telephone number is identified as not actively roaming, determining the inbound call has an elevated likelihood of being a scam call.

6. The method of claim 1 , comprising

determining the inbound call intended for the mobile device is assigned an origination telephone number that is subscribed to the protected carrier network.

7. The method of claim 1 , comprising

identifying the inbound call is intended for the mobile device based on a called number included in a call data message received with the inbound call.

8. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor configured to

determine whether to transmit to a mobile device that an inbound call has an elevated likelihood of being a scam call based on an inbound call origination source location;

wherein when the mobile device is identified as not actively roaming, create a call block rule for a predefined period of time, wherein the call block rule blocks all inbound calls to the mobile device at a protected carrier network.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform

determine whether the inbound call originated from a protected carrier network or an out-of-network carrier network comprises a determination of whether the one or more call parameters identify an origination device address registered with the protected carrier network or with the out-of-network carrier network.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein when the origination device address is registered at the out-of-network carrier network, the processor is configured to determine whether the inbound call is assigned to a subscriber telephone number actively roaming in the out-of-network carrier network.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) query to identify whether the subscriber telephone number is actively roaming.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein when the subscriber telephone number is identified as not actively roaming, the processor is configured to determine the inbound call has an elevated likelihood of being a scam call.

13. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine the inbound call intended for the mobile device is assigned an origination telephone number that is subscribed to the protected carrier network.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to identify the inbound call is intended for the mobile device based on a called number included in a call data message received with the inbound call.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed cause a processor to perform:

determining whether to transmit to a mobile device that an inbound call has an elevated likelihood of being a scam call based on an inbound call origination source location;

wherein when the mobile device is identified as not actively roaming, creating a call block rule for a predefined period of time, wherein the call block rule blocks all inbound calls to the mobile device at a protected carrier network.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

determining whether the inbound call originated from a protected carrier network or an out-of-network carrier network comprises determining whether the one or more call parameters identify an origination device address registered with the protected carrier network or with the out-of-network carrier network.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

when the origination device address is registered at the out-of-network carrier network, determining whether the inbound call is assigned to a subscriber telephone number actively roaming in the out-of-network carrier network.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

performing a lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) query to identify whether the subscriber telephone number is actively roaming.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein when the subscriber telephone number is identified as not actively roaming, determining the inbound call has an elevated likelihood of being a scam call.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to perform:

determining the inbound call intended for the mobile device is assigned an origination telephone number that is subscribed to the protected carrier network.