Today at the UN Global Fraud Summit in Vienna, we signed the Industry Accord Against Online Scams & Fraud. Google is joined by online industry partners including Adobe, Amazon, Levi Strauss & Co, LinkedIn, Match Group, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, Pinterest and Target. As an industry, we’ll unify our collective capabilities, share threat intelligence and coordinate defenses to fight global scammers.
The Accord lands at a critical moment when online scams are evolving beyond isolated incidents. People are facing sophisticated, global, organized criminal networks that are causing significant financial and emotional harm.
That’s why we’re also building on the $15 million in funding Google.org has already provided by expanding the availability of our expertise and technical capabilities, including utilizing AI-driven solutions to detect and neutralize global scams. In 2026, we’ll be sharing…
CLICK HERE to read the FULL Industry Accord Against Online Scams and Fraud – Google Blog article.
Cyber fraud uses technology as the primary weapon. It is highly scalable and can be conducted from anywhere in the world.
- Phishing/Smishing/Vishing: Using deceptive emails (phishing), text messages (smishing), or phone calls (vishing) to trick victims into clicking malicious links or revealing sensitive data.
- Business Email Compromise (BEC): A high-value scam where a criminal impersonates a CEO or high-level executive via a “spoofed” email address to trick a staff member into making an urgent, unauthorized wire transfer.