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The Mobile Ecosystem Forum (MEF) will host Anti-Fraud 2025: Forging a Trusted Future for Mobile Communications on 16th September 2025 in London.
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The high-profile event will bring together the entire anti-fraud industry value chain, uniting policymakers, regulators, telecom operators, and technology leaders to combat the growing threat of mobile fraud.
Mobile Fraud: A Multi-Billion-Dollar Global Threat
Mobile communications—covering both messaging and voice services—are the backbone of the digital economy, enabling e-commerce, mobile payments, and secure transactions. However, their widespread adoption has made them a prime target for fraudsters.
Global losses from smishing, phishing, artificially inflated traffic (AIT), AI-driven scams, account takeovers, and voice fraud run into billions annually, threatening not only businesses but also consumer trust in mobile payments and digital services.
Critical Topics at MEF CONNECTS Anti-Fraud 2025
The conference will address urgent industry challenges and strategies to safeguard the future of mobile communications. Key focus areas include:
- Policy and Regulation: Insights into how regulators and policymakers are shaping global anti-fraud frameworks.
- Industry Collaboration: Exploring effective collaboration models between regulators, operators, and enterprises.
- AI and Fraud Prevention: Understanding AI’s dual role as both an enabler of fraud and a critical defense tool.
- Advanced Authentication: Latest authentication technologies to protect mobile users and businesses.
- Network APIs: How APIs provide new capabilities and intelligence to detect and block fraud.
Spotlight on Messaging Fraud and OTT Services
A deep dive into messaging fraud will cover smishing, spoofing, and AIT, offering practical strategies to restore trust in SMS and messaging services.
The event will also analyze multimode fraud, where fraudsters exploit multiple communication channels, and fraud in OTT platforms such as WhatsApp, Viber, and other internet-based messaging and calling apps.
Industry Leaders and Policymakers Confirmed
Speakers include top executives and policymakers from Google, Ofcom, GSMA, Telefonica, Barclays, Europol, BEREC, and the UK House of Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee, alongside experts from the Cyber Defence Alliance.
Driving a Trusted Digital Future
“Anti-Fraud 2025 is a decisive step in building a safer and more trusted mobile ecosystem,” MEF stated, urging industry-wide participation.
For more details and registration, visit: MEF Anti-Fraud 2025
