Mobileum Inc. (“Mobileum”) and Apate.ai (“Apate”) announced a new partnership. The partnership enhances AI-powered fraud management for communications service providers (CSPs). The partnership brings together advanced network intelligence and conversational artificial intelligence (AI) technology. This helps CSPs better detect, disrupt, and investigate scam call operations.
Mobileum and Apate integrate Mobileum’s Active Intelligence Platform with Apate’s conversational AI agents. This combination enables CSPs to go one step beyond traditional call and message blocking. The Global Anti-Scam Alliance said scammers stole an estimated $442 billion in 2025. Scammers used phone calls, text messages, and emails as the primary channels.
As such, communications providers need to seek out more beefed-up solutions to combat ongoing fraud threats. The new partnership provides CSPs with a more proactive way to prevent scams. Instead of just blocking suspicious communications, the solution engages fraudsters directly. This provides valuable intelligence that can reveal their tactics and operational networks. The tech can detect artifacts associated with fraudulent activities. The artifacts include bank accounts, payment instruments, and malicious URLs.
Disrupting Scamming Operations with AI-Powered Intelligence
If the system identifies a call as suspicious, it can redirect the interaction. The call then hits a network of conversational AI agents that sound human. These AI agents are programmed to simulate real conversations with suspected scammers. In these conversations, the system collects valuable information about the fraud activities.
Furthermore, the technology can manage tens of thousands of interactions each day. This activity continuously creates a unique dataset of real-time scam intelligence. Mobileum feeds this intelligence directly into its security and fraud prevention solutions. Consequently, CSPs can identify and disrupt criminal operations more quickly.
The approach also allows providers to operate at a larger scale. Human teams alone cannot easily match the volume of interactions handled by AI. This model gives CSPs deeper visibility into emerging fraud patterns. It also helps security teams understand the methods used by increasingly sophisticated fraudsters.
“With AI, fraudsters are moving faster and are constantly changing the playing field. Traditionally, CSPs could only react to threats and had little insight into who was behind them. By combining Mobileum’s security and fraud prevention solutions with Apate’s conversational AI, we’re empowering CSPs to detect emerging threats faster, strengthen their network defenses, and stay ahead of increasingly sophisticated fraud operations,” commented Bernardo Lucas, Risk Management Business Unit Leader.
The partnership therefore supports a shift toward intelligence-driven fraud prevention. CSPs can use real-time information to strengthen their network defenses.
Mobileum and Apate Target AI-Driven Scams
Apate focuses on dismantling scam operations through advanced artificial intelligence. The company says scammers continue to industrialize their activities. At the same time, fraudsters increasingly use AI to improve their operations. This trend has increased the need for coordinated action across multiple industries.
CSPs, banks, regulators, and governments are now working toward more proactive scam prevention. Their goal involves identifying threats before they cause significant customer harm. Apate uses advanced AI to engage scammers directly. The technology gathers real-time intelligence during those interactions. It also helps expose tactics used inside criminal operations. This intelligence can help organizations better understand emerging scam methods.
“Apate was built to dismantle scam operations, which are becoming increasingly industrialized and AI-driven. Because of this, we are seeing a global, coordinated effort from CSPs, banks, regulators and governments to tackle scams in a more proactive way. We fight back by using our advanced AI to engage scammers, gather real-time intelligence, and expose criminal tactics from within. Together with Mobileum, we’re enabling CSPs to stop fraudsters before any real customers are put at risk,” commented Brad Joffe, Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer at Apate.ai.
Mobileum and Apate are redefining fraud and scam prevention for the AI era. Companies are shifting from reactive defense to proactive intelligence. Traditional detection methods are facing more challenges with the increasing sophistication of scams. CSPs therefore require solutions that can detect threats prior to striking subscribers.
The partnership provides CSPs with additional insight into potential criminal activity. It also allows providers to leverage intelligence gathered from real scam interactions. This allows communications providers to help disrupt fraud operations before they gain momentum. This approach can help reduce fraud losses and better protect customers.
The solution can also help build more customer confidence. It can also help to build a communications ecosystem that can respond more swiftly to emerging threats. The partnership underscores the growing role of artificial intelligence in telecom security. It also shows how conversational AI may bolster real-time scam intelligence.
For CSPs, these capabilities can provide an additional layer of protection from communication-based fraud. Thus, AI-powered fraud prevention can play a vital role in modern telecom security strategies.
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