The Global Anti-Scam Summit (GASS) Asia 2025 will return to Singapore on 2-3 September, bringing together more than 1,200 industry leaders, policymakers and enforcement agencies from over 60 countries, both in person and online. Organised by the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA), the event will focus on strategies to combat increasingly coordinated and cross-border scam networks in Southeast Asia.
GASA Managing Director Jorij Abraham said scams have evolved into a “systemic, cross-border threat”, stressing the need for stronger international collaboration. “GASA’s role is to connect the dots, not just across sectors, but across borders, creating the shared infrastructure needed to act faster and smarter,” he said. He added that over the past year, the organisation has expanded its membership, launched new national chapters in key markets, and enhanced data-sharing through the Global Signal Exchange (GSE).
Expanding partnerships across Southeast Asia
GASA’s membership has doubled globally, with the Singapore Chapter surpassing 100 members, including Amazon, Google, MasterCard, Meta and Microsoft, alongside government bodies, enforcement agencies and civil society groups. Singapore has become a testing ground for anti-scam policy frameworks, technology pilots and cross-sector collaboration.
In the past year, GASA has launched chapters in the Philippines and Indonesia, two mobile-first economies where scams remain a major consumer and economic risk.
In Indonesia, the chapter is chaired by Reski Damayanti, Chief Legal & Regulatory Officer at Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison. According to GASA’s 2024 Asia Scam Report, 65% of Indonesians face scam attempts each week, ranging from phishing texts and fake job offers to investment fraud. With telcos increasingly targeted by phishing, SMS spoofing and fake service alerts, the chapter aims to strengthen industry-wide intelligence sharing, public awareness efforts and coordination with national authorities.
In the Philippines, the chapter is co-chaired by Irish Salandanan-Almeida, Chief Privacy Officer and Vice-President for Governance, Risk and Compliance, and Derick Ohmar Adil, Head of AI and Privacy Governance, at Globe Telecom. Globe has led consumer protection initiatives, such as blocking malicious SMS at scale and running awareness campaigns.
“These chapters are more than local extensions. They are strategic footholds in markets where digitalisation is instrumental in raising standards of living, yet scams threaten to undermine this,” said Rajat Maheshwari, Chair of the GASA Singapore Chapter. “By bringing in national champions like Indosat and Globe, we’re embedding GASA’s model into the heart of each market’s digital ecosystem. It is heartening to see this community of scam fighters assembling a short two years after we led the establishment of GASA in this region.”
Strengthening global scam intelligence sharing
A major focus at GASS Asia 2025 will be the Global Signal Exchange, a shared platform for the real-time exchange of scam and fraud threat signals, including URLs, domains, IP addresses and emails. Backed by organisations such as GASA, Google, GSMA, Meta and Microsoft, the GSE has grown rapidly since its launch in January 2025, expanding from 40 million to 370 million signals. More than 35 organisations are actively contributing, with over 230 onboarded or preparing to join.
The summit will also see the announcement of a major milestone for the GSE and the addition of a new partner to the programme.
Other highlights include a fireside chat with Mr Tan Kiat How, Senior Minister of State at the Ministry of Digital Development and Ministry of Health, and Patron of the GASA Singapore Chapter. The event will also feature the launch of the Southeast Asia Scam Report, panel discussions on scam typologies and cross-border disruption strategies, an INTERPOL session on cybercrime operations, a United Nations briefing on trafficking networks linked to scam centres, and a presentation by researcher Paul Raffile on cyber extortion and impersonation scams. An anti-scam pitch room will showcase emerging tools and solutions, alongside new resources launched by GASA members such as the Tech for Good Institute.
