"Bite Latvia" introduces solution to combat SMS fraudsters

Due to the increasing spread of fraudulent text messages, "Bite Latvia" has launched a pilot project, offering companies, state and municipal institutions to apply for restrictions on the use of their SMS sender names in the network free of charge. As SMG reported, the head of Internal Security Processes at "Bite Latvia", Hermanis Eriņš, stated that this will prevent fraudsters from using the names of known organizations for sending fake messages.

"This pilot project is intended to protect, excuse me, the names of companies and state institutions. And we are reaching out to the public so that we can place this necessary information in our network and protect the name, the word, when we receive a message, when a name appears, so that our clients can be sure that this message is legitimate, and we can safely click on the link and take further actions. Participation in this initiative includes any company, it does not necessarily have to be a Bite client.

The only thing you need to do is simply contact Bite and provide the necessary information so that we can take action in our system and protect your company's name in your message."

Thus said Hermanis Eriņš, Head of Internal Security Processes at "Bite Latvia".

To apply for restrictions on the use of the SMS sender name, the organization must specify the protected SMS sender name and its variations, as well as the service providers and technological partners who are authorized to use them on behalf of the organization.