ASEAN Foundation Launches Scam Ready Resource Hub
The free digital platform offers age-specific courses on identifying, preventing and responding to online scams across Southeast Asia.
Updated on Nov. 11, 2026 in Scholarships
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The ASEAN Foundation has launched the Scam Ready ASEAN Resource Hub, a free digital platform providing educational materials on online scams, with support from Google.org. The hub incorporates Google's Be Scam Ready game, which added Bahasa Malaysia support through a collaboration with the #JanganKenaScam campaign.
Why it matters
Scams across Southeast Asia caused roughly US$23.6 billion in losses in 2024, and financial losses from scams in Malaysia reached RM2.97 billion last year. The launch addresses the growing prevalence of scams as technologies such as generative AI make them harder to recognise.
The hub offers free learning modules, though users must create an account to enrol. It involves 20 local implementing partners across the region and 2,332 Master Trainers recruited to support education, with Google.org funding of US$5 million (about RM20 million).
The players
ASEAN Foundation
The ASEAN Foundation is the regional organisation that launched the Scam Ready ASEAN Resource Hub and coordinates programmes across the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Google.org
Google.org is the philanthropic arm of Google that provided funding support for the Scam Ready ASEAN programme and hub.
Internet Society (ISOC)
The Internet Society is a global non-profit organisation that helped develop the Scam Ready ASEAN curriculum with experts.
Global Cyber Alliance (GCA)
The Global Cyber Alliance is an international non-profit that helped develop the Scam Ready ASEAN curriculum with experts.
The details
The platform includes courses for specific age groups covering scam identification, prevention and response, along with modules on supporting scam victims. It also provides a directory of scam reporting hotlines and help centres across all 11 ASEAN Member States.
Timeline
2024: Southeast Asian scam losses reached US$23.6 billion.
2025: The Scam Ready ASEAN initiative was established.
November 11, 2026: The Scam Ready ASEAN Resource Hub launched.
2027: The Scam Ready ASEAN programme is scheduled to end.
Education Landscape
The Scam Ready ASEAN curriculum was built with the Internet Society and Global Cyber Alliance, extending Google's Be Scam Ready game into a multi-country resource for the region. The launch follows a pattern of public-private partnerships that pair platform tools with locally adapted educational content.
Learners can access the free modules once they create an account, so signing up early lets them work through age-appropriate courses. The reporting directory lists hotlines and help centres in all 11 ASEAN Member States for anyone who needs to report a scam or seek support.
The takeaway
Recognising common scam tactics before they succeed is the most practical defence, and the hub's free courses and reporting directory give people a place to start. Checking account requirements and local reporting contacts ahead of time makes it faster to act if a scam occurs.
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