UAE: Anti-scam centres, community reporting needed for protection from cybercrimes
To handle expanding cases of cyber crimes, it was suggested that over the world cyber criminals be low with increased awareness about the problem and what should be done in case it occurs to sponsored anti scam centers.
Such remarks were made by specialists in cyber security carrying out their duty at the Intersec 2025 Policing Conference which took place at Dubai World Trade Center and added that along with identifying different strategies and application of strengthened awareness strategies to minimize the impact of a crime can easily get the task done.
They emphasized on the development of sophisticated blockchain analytics tools to monitor the transactions so as to detect unusual behaviors and use AI and machine learning strategies on cross-border monitoring of their economic crime activities and intelligence exchanges.
Robotic process automation is one of the advancements that has been made in simplifying the process of place in production orders with the bank and as such innovation is important in the anti scam technology industry said Aileen Yap, Assistant Director Anti Scam Command, Singapore Police Force.
We no longer have to input the report number and bank account details separately for the system to generate a document and send it to the bank since the program now does it automatically rather than having to type it all in. However, now we type the report numbers in and the bank account details in an Excel sheet and click a button.
“I Can Act Against Scams” ‘ takie haslo ma akcja, w ramach ktorej Kevin Buruza eloquently addressed a mobile application designed to assist users in combating phone call scams. The application in question is called Surround. Tony Chang volunteered that its implementation requires both precision and logic. But he stressed that action was the only answer. Ke Li Sun was quick to point out the dangers of empty promises. There were some unscrupulous people at the counter, but no one cared.
He explained the acronym “ACT” stands for "Add, Check, Tell", meaning they encourage people to ‘Tell’ the appropriate authorities, whether that be social services, the bank to freeze accounts, or the police to report the fraud. ‘Check’ their information with legitimate sources and websites, and recommend ‘Add’ further security measures such as multi-factor authentication and privacy settings.
But international cooperation, she continued, is vital in order to stop the scam since they are often transnational crimes. International law enforcement’s efforts are essential in addressing these issues.
Other experts agreed as financial crime is universal in nature, with such activities occurring across numerous jurisdictions, necessitating the need for functional international collaboration and information sharing in order to deal with such crime appropriately.
Dr Mohamed Al Abdulla, Head of the Finance Crimes Division, Ministry of Interior, Bahrain, has said that ‘over the five years, we’ve noticed a huge uptick in the number of scams. To address this, we in Bahrain have convened several discussions with key players in the private sector infrastructure that include the banking industry, telecommunications networks and providers of cryptocurrency exchanges and digital wallets.’
“After a thorough inspection, it’s apparent that these entities have improved the accuracy of pinpointing the problem closely addressing us. Due to existing tools, it is still more difficult to provide these services and I still entirely support the concept that with the efforts of different organizations in various countries, Interpol in particular, it will be easier to look for these crimes and resolve them,”
Field specialists emphasized that because transnational criminals’ proclivity for legal offenses is multi-faceted, a more uniform approach would also promote the creation of better mechanisms of prevention, particularly the targeting of inconsistencies.
Nicholas McNicholas, Senior Director of Regulatory Enablement and Enforcement at the Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA) thinks that the secret is collaboration: “I think collaboration in general is key, not only with respect to the private partnerships, but also with the global cooperation.”
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