A method of identifying fraud in a telecommunications system, the method
including receiving data related to a current call placed from an
originating ANI to a terminating ANI, where the received data includes
the terminating ANI and a billing number used to place the call. Billing
numbers for prior calls to the terminating ANI, if any, and corresponding
indicia of the times of the calls are retrieved. A determination is made
of whether the number of billing numbers used for the current and prior
calls to the terminating ANI over a prior period of time falling within a
time interval satisfies a threshold. If the threshold is satisfied, a
fraud alert is generated.