As online scams in Southeast Asia grow more organised and cross-border, the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA) will bring together over 1,200 leaders from 60 countries in Singapore this September for its largest regional anti-fraud event yet — the Global Anti-Scam Summit (GASS) Asia 2025.
Held on 2–3 September at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre, GASS Asia 2025 will convene policymakers, enforcement agencies, and industry players — both in person and online — to tackle the surge in Southeast Asia online scams with practical, scalable strategies.
“Scams are no longer isolated incidents, they are a systemic, cross-border threat,” said Jorij Abraham, Managing Director of GASA. “Our role is to connect the dots, not just across sectors, but across borders, creating the shared infrastructure needed to act faster and smarter.”
Expanding Anti-Scam Networks Across Southeast Asia
GASA’s global membership has doubled, with the Singapore Chapter now exceeding 100 members, including Amazon, Google, MasterCard, Meta and Microsoft. Singapore has emerged as a hub for piloting anti-fraud technologies and shaping cross-sector policies.
In the past year, GASA launched new national chapters in Indonesia and the Philippines, two of the region’s most mobile-first economies — and both prime targets for cybercrime in Southeast Asia.
In Indonesia, where 65% of the population faces scam attempts weekly, the chapter is led by Reski Damayanti of Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison. In the Philippines, Globe Telecom executives Irish Salandanan-Almeida and Derick Ohmar Adil are leading large-scale malicious SMS blocking and public scam awareness campaigns.
“These chapters are more than local extensions,” said Rajat Maheshwari, Chair of GASA Singapore Chapter. “They are strategic footholds in markets where digitalisation is instrumental in raising standards of living, yet scams threaten to undermine this.”
Global Signal Exchange: A Stronger Data Backbone
Central to GASA’s efforts is the Global Signal Exchange (GSE) — a real-time database of scam threat signals such as malicious URLs, domains, and IP addresses. Since its launch in January 2025, GSE has expanded from 40 million to 370 million threat signals, with contributions from over 35 major organisations including Google, GSMA, Meta and Microsoft.
More than 230 organisations are now onboarded or set to join. During the summit, GASA will announce a major milestone for the GSE programme.
High-Level Engagement and Key Reports
Highlights at GASS Asia 2025 Singapore will include:
Fireside chat with Senior Minister of State Tan Kiat How, Patron of the GASA Singapore Chapter Launch of the Southeast Asia Scam Report Panels on scam typologies, enforcement strategies, and cross-border disruption tactics INTERPOL updates on cybercrime operations in Asia UN session on trafficking networks linked to scam centres Anti-Scam pitch room featuring emerging scam detection technologies
Registration for GASS Asia 2025 is now open via GASA’s event portal.
