Google outlined its efforts to combat increasingly sophisticated AI-powered scams, emphasizing a combination of AI, cross-industry partnerships, and legal action to disrupt organized cybercrime networks.
The company said it uses AI-enabled tools to detect and block malicious activity across its platforms. These protections include scam-detection features on Android devices that alert users to suspicious contacts and in-call conversations, as well as built-in messaging defenses that intercept more than 10 billion malicious messages every month.
Google noted that cybercriminals are increasingly using AI technologies to make scams more convincing and difficult to identify. In response, the company is collaborating with law enforcement agencies, telecommunications providers, and policymakers to disrupt criminal organizations and strengthen protections for consumers.
The initiative has received support from the FBI, members of Congress, and major wireless carriers including AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon. Lawmakers highlighted the importance of the proposed Stop SCAMS Act, which seeks to coordinate efforts among government agencies, law enforcement, and private industry to combat organized fraud networks.
Telecommunications companies also emphasized the importance of collaboration and AI-driven protections in addressing evolving threats such as phishing, smishing, robocalls, and impersonation scams.
Google said its broader strategy combines advanced security technology with aggressive legal action and industry cooperation to create a safer digital environment for users.
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“The criminals behind the Outsider Enterprise built a business out of impersonating trusted brands to defraud hundreds of thousands of victims. Criminals increasingly use AI to make fraud like this more convincing and harder to detect. Together with partners like Google, we can disrupt criminal networks in ways no single organization could on its own.”
Brett Leatherman, Assistant Director of the FBI’s Cyber Division
“I have spent my career confronting criminal networks that prey on Americans, first as an FBI agent and federal prosecutor, and now in Congress. Today, those networks are using AI, spoofed messages and trusted brands to defraud families, seniors and small businesses at massive scale. This is not spam. It is organized transnational crime moving through our phones, and it demands a response as coordinated and aggressive as the threat itself. Google’s action is a major step in disrupting one of these networks, and it proves a larger point: no company, agency or sector can fight this alone. My Stop SCAMS Act turns that same model of coordination into a national strategy, bringing law enforcement, government and industry together to disrupt these schemes, hold bad actors accountable and protect American families from the criminals targeting them.”
Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick
“International cybercriminals are robbing our families of their hard-earned savings, and we need a permanent solution to bring them to justice. My Stop SCAMS Act would bring every level of government together to aggressively crack down on scams and the organized crime rings behind them. I’m grateful to have Google’s support and look forward to partnering with law enforcement and industry partners to stop cyber scams once and for all.”
Congressman Josh Harder
“We appreciate Google’s teamwork and actions to help protect consumers. AT&T blocks or labels billions of robocalls and spam texts every month using AI, we help take down imposter websites and we work with the Industry Traceback Group to track spam calls to the source, leading directly to law enforcement actions. Fighting fraud requires collective defense, and each technology provider in our industry plays an important role.”
Rich Baich, Chief Information Security Officer of AT&T
“At T-Mobile, protecting customers from evolving threats like AI-powered phishing and smishing scams is paramount. Scammers are moving faster and using more advanced tools, so we are meeting that challenge on multiple fronts. We’re proud to work with Google, law enforcement and others across the industry to fight the bad guys, block scam traffic, disrupt malicious activity and help keep people safe. As threats grow more sophisticated, we’ll continue investing in advanced technologies, network-level protections and partnerships that give customers greater confidence that the messages they receive are authentic.”
Jeff Simon, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer of T-Mobile
“Verizon is focused on protecting our customers from fraudulent activity and securing our networks. As cybercriminals increasingly leverage advanced technologies like AI to execute sophisticated text-messaging scams, defeating these threats requires a unified, cross-industry response. We look forward to standing with Google, the telecom industry and federal law enforcement in this coordinated effort to dismantle malicious domains and disrupt global cybercrime operations. Technical defenses alone are not enough, which is why we think it is important to combine aggressive legal action and collaboration with federal and state governments and to help consumers secure themselves with the comprehensive protection they deserve.”
Nasrin Rezai, Chief Information Security Officer of Verizon
