Scam Fighter Awards
Global Anti-Scam Summit Europe 2026

Lisbon, Portugal  |  9-10 June 2026

What are the GASA Scam Fighter Awards?

The Scam Fighter Awards at the Global Anti-Scam Summit Europe 2026 excellence in combating scams across prevention, detection, disruption and enforcement.

Bringing together leaders from across Europe and beyond, the awards highlight solutions that deliver measurable results and can be scaled across sectors and regions.

Award categories

 Recognising impactful efforts across policy, collaboration, technology, awareness and research. 

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​Awareness or Education

Public campaigns, training initiatives or educational efforts that increase scam awareness and consumer resilience.

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Investigation or Research

Analysis or research initiatives that uncover trends and provide insights to support prevention, detection and enforcement. 

Scam Fighter Awards Nominees

Learn about the initiatives setting new standards in the fight against scams.

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​Best Awareness Campaign or Educational Programme

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S.A.F.E. by Ayleen Charlotte

Nominated for its victim-centred fraud education programme, which equips professionals and first responders with practical tools to better support fraud victims.

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UK Financial Conduct Authority

Nominated for its Firm Checker campaign, which encourages consumers to verify firms before investing and helps turn scam awareness into practical action.

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Best Cross-Sector Collaboration

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Cifas

Nominated for the International Fraud Data Standard, a framework designed to support fraud intelligence sharing across sectors and borders.

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Stop Scams UK

Nominated for its Blocked SIMs initiative, which brings telecoms, banks and technology platforms together to disrupt SIM-enabled scam infrastructure.

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Best Investigation or Research

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Bitdefender

Nominated for the Bitdefender Global Scam Intelligence Report 2026, which uses real-world threat data to map scam activity across channels, regions and attack types.

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Visa

Nominated for Visa Scam Disruption, an investigation that identified thousands of connected scam merchants and helped disrupt large-scale scam activity.

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Best Policy or Regulatory Initiative

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Cifas

Nominated for the International Fraud Data Standard, which proposes a scalable model for lawful, accountable and real-time fraud intelligence sharing.

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Global Fraud Summit 2026

Nominated for bringing governments, law enforcement and industry together to strengthen international coordination against fraud.

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Best Technological Solution

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Charm Security

Nominated for its Agentic AI Workforce providing capabilities across fraud investigation, customer intervention, and intelligence gathering to identify emerging threats.

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Salv

Nominated for Salv Bridge, a real-time intelligence-sharing platform that enables financial institutions to exchange fraud and financial crime information securely and lawfully.

Evaluation Criteria

All nominations are reviewed by an independent jury composed of senior representatives from government or regulatory bodies, law enforcement, financial services, telecommunications, digital platforms, consumer protection organisations and cybersecurity experts.

Shortlisted nominees may be invited to present their initiatives at the Global Anti-Scam Summit Europe 2026. Winners are determined through jury evaluation and, where applicable, audience participation.

Impact
Ability to increase scam costs, reduce success rates or improve enforcement outcomes.

Innovation
Level of originality, forward-thinking approach and effectiveness of the solution or initiative.

Scalability
Potential for adoption across sectors, countries or regions, and the extent to which others can replicate or learn from the initiative.

Meet the Jury

An independent panel selecting and recognising the most impactful initiatives.

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 Angelique Miet

Policy Officer - Cybercrime Unit

European Commission

Edvardas Sileris

Edvardas Sileris

Head of European Cybercrime Centre (EC3)

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John Kirwan

Head of Risk Containment, Trust and Safety

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Lynn van Meijgaard

Lynn van Meijgaard

Policy Advisor

Dutch Banking Association

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Nick Stapleton

Television Presenter

BBC Studios

Thomas Rousson

Thomas Rousson

 Cybersecurity and Digital Life Protection Marketing Director 

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Submit your nomination

Organisations are invited to submit their initiatives for consideration, for the Awards at upcoming GASA events.