A Global Policy Framework for Tackling Fraud and Scams
This paper has been prepared to inform debate at the UN Global Fraud Summit (Vienna) in March 2026. It sets out what policymakers globally can and should do help create a global policy framework to help tackle fraud and scams. It focuses on the steps needed to enable firms and sectors to work together and share data at both national and international level to prevent the fraudulent content, and the networks behind them, that abuse the systems and platforms that underpin our economy and cause so much damage to consumers and business.
This is one of a suite of three papers that have been developed with input from an informal multi-stakeholder working group involving experts from organisations across the banking, telecom and technology industries and the public sector to help build an agenda for change and real progress in the fight against fraud. The other papers focus on how to share data and intelligence for preventing fraud and legal referrals into law enforcement.
The contributing experts and organisations to this programme of work include: Konrad Shek - Advertising Association; Dr. Simon Miller - Cifas; Erica Stanford - CMS; Garry Lilburn - Cyber Defence Alliance; Jean-Jacques Sahel - Google; Marco Doeland - Dutch Banking Association (Nederlandse Vereniging van Banken); Carolina Caeiro and Emily Taylor - Oxford Information Labs; PayPal; Helen Fairfax-Wall and Adil Munim - Stop Scams UK; Nick Sharp and Marc Knotts - UK National Crime Agency.
