Configure Fraud Protection Lists

Fraud Protection Lists (FPLs) are used and created to protect individuals from fraudulent calls.

You can add, edit, import, upload and copy an FPL, manage FPL list entries, and assign and re-synchronize an FPL with a Fraud Detection and Prevention (FDP) device. You can also schedule a specific time to push an FPL to an associated southbound device.

Add a Fraud Protection List

  1. Expand the Fraud Protection Manager slider, and click Fraud protection list.
  2. In the FPL management tab, click Add.
  3. In the Add FPL dialog box, complete the following fields:
  4. Click OK.
The FPL is added to the SDM database.

Add a Fraud Protection List Entry

  1. Expand the Fraud Protection Manager slider, and click Fraud protection list.
  2. In the FPL management tab, select the FPL to which you want to make changes from the FPL table and click Manage.
  3. In the Edit FPL entries pane, select from any of the following FPL type entry tabs that you want to add an FPL entry and click Add.
    Refer to the Fraud Protection List Type Entries section for more information about the following FPL types:
    • Black list
    • White list
    • Rate limit
    • Call redirect
  4. Depending on the FPL type, the following fields can appear in the dialog box used to add lists:
  5. Click OK.

Import a Fraud Protection List

You can create a new Fraud Protection List (FPL) file by importing the contents of an existing template configuration FPL file from a local file that has an .xml, .gz, or .gzip format.

  1. Expand the Fraud Protection Manager slider, and click Fraud protection list.
  2. In the FPL management tab, click Import.
  3. In the Import FPL file dialog box, complete the following fields:
  4. Click OK.
The contents of the selected file are copied to the new FPL.

Upload a Fraud Protection List from a Device

You can create a new Fraud Protection List (FPL) file by importing an FPL file from an existing device.

Pre-requisites: Before you choose a device as the realm source, you must first add and load this device in Configuration Manager. Refer to the "Associate Devices with Session Element Manager" section for more information.

  1. Expand the Fraud Protection Manager slider, and click Fraud protection list.
  2. In the FPL management tab, click Upload.
  3. In the Upload FPL file dialog box, complete the following fields:
  4. Click OK.
The contents of the selected device file are copied to the new FPL.

Copy Fraud Protection List Contents to Another Fraud Protection List

  1. Expand the Fraud Protection Manager slider, and click Fraud protection list.
  2. In the FPL management tab, select an FPL and click Copy.
  3. In the Copy FPL dialog box, select from the following options:
    • Copy all entries (Default)
    • Copy user-modified entries only
  4. In the second Copy FPL dialog box that appears, complete the following options:
  5. Click OK.
The contents of the selected FPL are copied to the new FPL.

Assign Fraud Detection and Prevention Device to a Fraud Protection List

You can assign a single registered Fraud Detection and Prevention (FDP) device to one or multiple Fraud Protection Lists (FPLs).

  1. Expand the Fraud Protection Manager slider, and click Fraud protection list.
  2. In the FPL management tab, select an FPL from the FPL table and click Assign.
  3. In the Assign FPL dialog box, complete the following fields.
  4. Click OK.
When the FDP device pushes FPL updates to SDM, SDM uses the assigned FPL to reconcile the FPL updates.

Unassign Fraud Detection and Prevention Device to a Fraud Protection List

You can unassign a single registered Fraud Detection and Prevention (FDP) device from one or multiple Fraud Protection Lists (FPLs).

  1. Expand the Fraud Protection Manager slider, and click Fraud protection list.
  2. In the FPL management tab, select an FPL from the FPL table and click Un-assign.
  3. In the confirmation dialog box, click Yes.
  4. In the Success dialog box, click OK.