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netnumber Global Data Services Launches Number Lock and Number Watch To Deliver Leading-Edge Protection Against Brand Impersonation and Fraudulent Messaging Activities

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Tuesday, November 28, 2023

BOSTON, Nov. 28, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As the communications ecosystem strengthens its defenses against messaging fraud, netnumber Global Data Services, the world-leading provider of phone number intelligence data, announces the launch of Number Lock and Number Watch. These two robust services were developed to help defend telecom providers, financial institutions and other enterprises against sophisticated acts of organized messaging fraud while furthering recent regulatory initiatives to safeguard text messaging.

Key Points: 
  • Number Lock increases security for enterprises by restricting text messaging on customer-specified 10-digit non-mobile numbers upon the request of the subscriber to the number.
  • With Number Lock, enterprises can secure their brand and prevent fraudsters from using well-known business phone numbers via text messaging to gain a victim's trust.
  • Number Watch, the company's other new innovation, is a comprehensive phone number monitoring solution for telecom providers, financial institutions and enterprises.
  • Number Watch stores customer-specified phone numbers on a watchlist continually monitored for a wide range of events and activities by netnumber GDS.