Mexico Anti-Scam Forum 2026

The GASA Mexico Annual Forum 2026, co-organised with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) and the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Ministry of Finance (SHCP–UIF), will bring together approximately 150 senior officials, industry leaders and cross-sector stakeholders to translate a year of assessment and dialogue into concrete, actionable commitments.

The programme begins by examining the scale and evolving dynamics of fraud, before moving into its operational mechanisms and the conditions needed for a coordinated response. The first block defines the scale of the problem and explains why no single institution can address it alone. The second block explores how the fraud supply chain operates, which signals are useful, and how information can be shared across sectors. The third block focuses on institutional, legal and political barriers, and on connecting the national response with international cooperation.

Each block will conclude with a discussion focused on agreements, responsibilities and next steps, complemented by simultaneous sessions in two breakout rooms. The objective is to turn a shared understanding of the problem into a concrete agenda for action to reduce the impact of scams in Mexico.

The State of Scams in Mexico 2026

Be among the first to discover the findings of the State of Scams in Mexico 2026 Report, officially published during the Forum.

The report delivers the first comprehensive, coalition-backed diagnosis of scam trends, scale and impact in the country: how deception operates, who it reaches, what losses it leaves behind, and what happens after a person is defrauded.

Its findings open the day's discussion on the true scale of the threat and the coordinated action Mexico needs.

The third block takes the conversation into the public and institutional arena: the operational, political and legal barriers to institutional coordination and how Mexico’s national response connects with international cooperation—from the commitments made at the UNODC Global Fraud Summit in Vienna to the mechanisms needed to act against a crime that, in many cases, originates outside the country.

10:10–11:00
Panel 1A. GASA Mexico | The Cybersecurity and Fraud Agenda: Cross-Sector Collaboration. Opening context based on the testimony of a scam victim

This roundtable picks up where the victim’s testimony leaves off by breaking down the stages of harm experienced by victims simultaneously—deception, security breach, transaction, and financial loss—but which institutions continue to address separately and in isolation.

It establishes the scale of the challenge: how much Mexico loses to scams, how deception works today, and why no single institution can solve the problem on its own.

Because scams combine social engineering, cybersecurity vulnerabilities, telecommunications channels, digital platforms, and financial transactions, the panel argues that cybersecurity, fraud prevention, consumer protection, and law enforcement must be understood as a single systemic agenda. It will also examine what each sector can contribute to strengthen prevention, detection, response, and recovery.

11:30–12:25
Panel 2A: The Fraud Supply Chain. Introductory presentation by Rosa Cabrera Caro, Scotiabank

This discussion reconstructs a scam from beginning to end: identity theft, initial contact, the use of telecommunications and digital platforms, and the laundering of funds through mule accounts or virtual assets.

The session begins with a 20-minute contextual presentation by Rosa Cabrera Caro of Scotiabank, setting the stage for the discussion on the fraud supply chain.

This will be followed by a moderated roundtable featuring Bancoppel, Banamex, Nasdaq Verafin, PROFECO, and Mexico’s Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF), with each organization contributing its perspective on the fraud life cycle.

Together, they will map how a scam unfolds from beginning to end and identify the points of intervention where it can be prevented, detected, blocked, or disrupted.

Moderated by Víctor Merchand, UNODC.

12:30–13:25
Panel 2B: Cross-Sector Information Sharing. Opening presentation of GASA’s State of Scams Report 2026

Each sector sees a different part of the fraud landscape: telecommunications companies detect anomalies in communications, platforms identify suspicious behavior, and financial institutions flag unusual transactions.

The challenge is to connect these signals in time to act before fraud occurs. This roundtable will examine what information can be shared in real time and under which technical, legal, and operational protocols.

15:00–15:55
Panel 3A: Institutional Coordination: Operational, Policy, and Legal Barriers

Responsibility for addressing fraud is fragmented across security, justice, consumer protection, regulatory, and financial intelligence authorities. This makes it difficult to guide victims, follow up on reports, connect related cases, and investigate the networks behind them.

This roundtable will examine the governance and leadership Mexico needs to coordinate these institutions, establish clear responsibilities, and develop a national anti-fraud strategy.

16:00–16:55
Panel 3B: The International Agenda
Fraud networks operate across national borders, use infrastructure located in different jurisdictions, and move funds through global financial systems and digital assets.

Building on the agreements reached at the UNODC forum held in Vienna, the roundtable will examine how to strengthen cooperation among authorities, companies, and international organizations to share information, investigate networks, trace funds, and coordinate cross-border action.

Mexico Anti-Scam Forum

From Coalition to Action

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The scam landscape in Mexico

Cybersecurity and anti-fraud as one agenda

Money Laundering and Financial Intelligence

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