Telephony communications system for detecting abuse in a public telephone network

A telephony communications system for detecting abuse in a public telephone network to which a telephone network subscriber is connected, comprising:

• a telephone system server, configured to:
• emulate an extension subscriber of a telephone system in the public telephone network in order to simulate the existence of the emulated extension subscriber of the telephone system vis-à-vis an attacking entity,
• receive a control command from the attacking entity to establish a telephone connection between the emulated extension subscriber and the telephone network subscriber in the public telephone network, and
• send a connection request to the telephone network subscriber in response to receiving the control command in order to initiate the establishment of the telephone connection between the emulated extension subscriber and the telephone network subscriber, wherein the connection request includes a telephone network address of the telephone network subscriber in the public telephone network;
• and
• a telephone network abuse detection device, configured to receive the telephone network address of the telephone network subscriber from the telephone system server, and detect an abuse attempt in the public telephone network on the basis of the telephone network address of the telephone network subscriber.