References
Our strategy (20 pages): As Scams by Foreign Organized Crime Soar, Here’s How America Must Respond
Our strategy (8 pages): Statement for the Record: Senate Select Committee on Aging, 19 September 2024
Recommended reports that discuss the extent of scams and possible solutions
Solutions (US) Written by Stop Scams Alliance:
As Scams by Foreign Organized Crime Soar, Here’s How America Must Respond
Statement for the Record: House Financial Services Committee, 18 September 2024
Statement for the Record: Senate Select Committee on Aging, 19 September 2024
Washington Post: Scams are on the rise, and they’re ruining lives. We can stop it.
David Mansdoerfer and Ken Westbrook: Scams are the policy problem no one is talking about
Ken Westbrook: Scams Against Americans are Skyrocketing. The US Tech Sector and Government can Turn the Tide
The Cipher Brief: Foreign Criminals are Scamming Americans out of Billions of Dollars. Is it a National Security Threat?
Ken Westbrook: It is Time to Declare War on Spoofers
Ken Westbrook: Tech Support scams are escalating dramatically. What should society do to respond?
Solutions (US):
Newsweek: As online fraudsters run amok, U.S. response is lagging
Nick Bourke: Stopping Scams Against Consumers: Roadmap for a National Strategy
Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2024. “We all can, and must, do better, hardening our digital domains to protect our networks, data, and people at all levels.” See page 37 for good discussion of “techscams.”
US Federal Reserve: Scams Information Sharing Industry Work Group Recommendations (2024). A Federal Reserve-backed working group recommends that the US payments industry set up an independent information exchange framework to provide a single source for scam intelligence across payment rails.
Solutions (UK):
UK Government: Fraud Strategy: Stopping Scams and Protecting the Public, May 2023
UK Government: Online Fraud Charter, November 2023. A voluntary agreement between the British government and the technology sector to reduce fraud on their platforms and services.
UK House of Lords: Fighting Fraud: Breaking the Chain, November 2022
Royal United Services Institute: The Silent Threat: The Impact of Fraud on UK National Security, January 2021. This paper argues for a new national security approach to tackling fraud, based on a ‘whole of system’ response
Solutions (Australia)
March 2025: Targeting Scams: Report of the National Anti-Scam Centre on scams data and activity 2024
Australia’s scam-fighting approach explained at a July 2024 address to National Press Club, Canberra
Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones explains how Australia is turning the tide at this March 2024 press conference at the Global Fraud Summit in London
This March 2024 report explains the roles and functions of the National Anti-Scam Centre: National Anti-Scam Centre in action
Solutions (global):
“It’s a fraudster’s world: Exploring the scale, impact, and globally interconnected nature of fraud against consumer” argues that “a concerted international response is required to beat the global problem.”
Communiqué from the March 2024 Global Fraud Summit
Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA): Ten Recommendations to Turn the Tide on Online Scams
US private sector survey data:
Consumer Reports, Aspen Digital, and Global Cyber Alliance: 2024 Consumer Cyber Readiness Report
AARP: Americans Think Fraud Is at ‘Crisis Level,’ Survey Finds
Better Business Bureau: BBB Scam Tracker Risk Report
Global Anti-Scam Alliance: State of Scams in the United States of America Report - 2023
US Government data:
White House National Cyber Director: We Must Protect Americans Against Cyber-Enabled Fraud
Written Testimony of Matthew Noyes, United States Secret Service, Committee on Financial Services, US House of Representatives, September 18, 2024