Keeping people safe on our products
We use AI-powered tools to fight AI-powered scams. This includes scam detection on Android to alert users to suspicious conversations and contacts during calls, and built-in messaging defenses that intercept more than 10 billion malicious messages monthly. By combining powerful security defenses with aggressive legal action, we’re fighting against scammers and working to build a safer internet for everyone.
Read statements from our partners and members of Congress below:
FBI: “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 Brett Leatherman of the FBI’s Cyber Division
Member of Congress: “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
Member of Congress: “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
AT&T: “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, AT&T Chief Information Security Officer
T-Mobile: “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, T-Mobile EVP and Chief Information Officer
Verizon: “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, Verizon Chief Information Security Officer
