Apate.ai and Mobileum Partnered to Fight Telecom Fraud
The partnership introduces autonomous AI agents designed to combat rising global telecommunications fraud losses.
Updated on Sept. 23, 2026 in Telecommunications
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Apate.ai has teamed up with Mobileum to provide autonomous counter-intelligence services that deflect scam traffic. Under the name Scam Intelligence Defense, the platform aims to address the growing scale of international telecom fraud.
Why it matters
Carriers frequently lack visibility into the content of fraudulent conversations, leaving them unable to effectively block sophisticated scams. This partnership automates the process of engaging threat actors to gather actionable intelligence while simultaneously wasting their time.
Apate.ai agents have conducted over 9.3 million conversations, consuming 17 years of scammer time and avoiding $33 million in losses. The platform redirects suspicious traffic to surface data on mule accounts, crypto wallets, and malicious URLs.
The players
Apate.ai
An artificial intelligence company that develops autonomous agents capable of interacting with and disrupting scam traffic.
Mobileum
A provider of analytics solutions for the telecommunications industry that offers roaming and fraud management services.
The details
The platform functions by rerouting suspicious carrier network traffic toward AI-powered agents that mimic human victims. By surfacing operational details used by scammers, the system provides carriers with the necessary data to shut down illicit infrastructure.
Timeline
Global telecom fraud losses reached $38.95 billion in 2023.
Global telecom fraud losses increased to $41.82 billion in 2025.
The Tech Race
The deployment of autonomous AI agents represents a shift from passive call-filtering toward proactive, offensive counter-intelligence against threat actors. This moves beyond the defensive limitations of the STIR/SHAKEN framework by actively targeting the infrastructure and accounts of scammers.
Consumers may experience a reduction in the volume of successful fraudulent calls and SMS messages as carriers gain better tools to block malicious activity. These security improvements are designed to operate in the background, requiring no action or configuration from the user.
The takeaway
Automated counter-intelligence tools turn the tables on scammers by consuming their time and exposing their financial networks. Businesses and individuals should remain vigilant, as AI-based defenses are one piece of a broader strategy against sophisticated fraud.
Further reading
For more information on the evolving landscape of network security, see our latest analysis in Telecommunications.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Thefastmode.
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