Date of Event: 26–27 March 2025
Event: Global Anti-Scam Summit London 2025
At the Global Anti-Scam Summit London 2025 , the Global Best Practice Pitches session brought together international leaders for a fast-paced series of insights into how businesses, governments, and law enforcement are stepping up the fight against scams.
Nathaniel Gleicher, Director and Global Head of Security Policy and Counter-Fraud at Meta, opened the session by showcasing new tools such as facial recognition for detecting misuse of public figures and video selfie verification for account recovery. He emphasised the importance of intelligence sharing across industries to stay ahead of evolving threats.
James Babbage, Director General (Threats) at the National Crime Agency, followed with a powerful update on law enforcement’s response to fraud in the UK. He highlighted coordinated operations resulting in hundreds of arrests and discussed how international collaboration is essential to disrupting scam networks at scale.
Luke Reynolds, Senior Vice President, Global Product Management - Payment Security & Risk at Mastercard, explained how real-time data analysis and network-level insights are helping banks detect fraudulent transactions earlier. He stressed the need for cross-sector collaboration to counter increasingly complex scams.
Alexander Ramos, Undersecretary at the Philippines' Department of Information and Communications and Executive Director of the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center, shared the country’s aggressive action against scam hubs and the development of new national strategies to empower the public and fight misinformation.
Finally, Vivek Badrinath, Director General Designate of GSMA, highlighted how global mobile operators are deploying real-time fraud detection tools and creating unified frameworks to support seamless collaboration with financial institutions worldwide.
Watch the full session below to hear how global collaboration is turning the tide against scams.
A network is beaten by a network: Mexico's banks move from remediation to prevention
GASA convened the ABM Fraud Committee and Mexican banks to advance the enriched agreement and strengthen coordinated fraud prevention across the sector.
Una red se combate con una red: la banca mexicana avanza de la remediación a la prevención
GASA reunió al Comité de Fraudes de la ABM y a bancos mexicanos para avanzar el convenio enriquecido y fortalecer la prevención coordinada del fraude.
Appeals Centre Europe Report Points to Gaps in Social Media Scam Moderation
Appeals Centre Europe’s Transparency Report, covering April 2025 to March 2026, highlights early fraud and scam dispute findings relevant to social media moderation and scam prevention.
Protecting Seniors and Vulnerable Communities from Fraud
Experts from financial services, internet safety and policy explore how families, banks and communities can better protect vulnerable groups from fraud.
Fenasbac and GASA Report Outlines a Cross-Sector Response to Digital Scams in Brazil
Fenasbac and GASA’s Brazil Blueprint examines how finance, telecoms, technology and regulators can share intelligence to strengthen protection against digital scams.
Bitdefender Report Reveals How Scams Operate Across Digital Channels
Bitdefender’s Global Scam Intelligence Report 2026 shows how organised scam campaigns move across advertising, websites, SMS, messaging apps and voice calls to exploit trust at scale.
Beyond Compliance: Why Organisational Accountability is Critical for Consumer Protection
How the NDPC-Meta initiative could strengthen data protection, organisational accountability, scam prevention and consumer trust across Nigeria’s digital economy.
Why Mexico’s Anti-Scam Response Needs Cross-Sector Coordination
GASA Mexico Chapter's Sissi De la Pena explains why scam prevention in Mexico requires stronger coordination across finance, telecoms, platforms, government and civil society.