A system, intelligent network service engine and method are described than
can perform a real time fraud analysis on an originating side of a call
stream to determine whether or not a call is a fraudulent call before the
call is connected to a called party. In particular, the system includes a
switch capable of receiving a call originated by a calling party and an
intelligent network service engine capable receiving information (e.g.,
call origination data) about the call from the switch. The intelligent
network service engine (e.g., home location register, service control
point, INSight platform) then uses real time fraud management tools to
analyze the call origination data to determine whether or not the call has
a fraudulent attribute before the call is connected to a called party. The
system can be configured as a wired communications network, a wireless
communications network and/or an Internet network.
