Gogolook, GASA come together, call for more joint collaborations to fight scams in PH

TrustTech company Gogolook, founded in Taiwan, and the Global Anti-Scam Alliance (GASA), a renowned international non-profit organization based in the Netherlands, have furthered the display of their joint forces in their mission to combat scams on a global scale.

Their recent initiatives have brought about substantial progress in the fight against scams, particularly in the Philippines.

  Gogolook, known for its flagship service Whoscall, made its debut in the Philippines on August 22, 2023. The entry of Whoscall into the market has been met with overwhelming positivity, thanks to its strategic marketing campaigns and partnerships with key stakeholders, both in the private and public sectors.

Notably, Gogolook has been working closely with the Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Center (CICC) in the Philippines to bolster cybersecurity efforts in the country and has garnered its full support. GASA, on the other hand, has been a proactive non-profit organization who collaborates with various stakeholders, including technology companies, government agencies, and non-profit organizations, to facilitate knowledge sharing,  organize research  and implement effective strategies against scams and cyber fraud.

Recently, GASA and the Women in Security Alliance Philippines (WiSAP) launched their partnership to jointly promote initiatives that help identify and control scams and fraud, especially because of  t he evolving modus operandi and tactics of scammers that lead to the growth and proliferation of these scams and fraud incidents similar to cyber attacks wherein TTPs become more sophisticated through the weaponization of AI, as emphasized by the WiSAP Chair, Mel Migrino.

To help control these crimes like these, Managing Director of GASA, Jorij Abraham, has introduced https://GoScamCheck.ph, a tool that can be used by both end-users and enterprises in detecting suspicious or malicious domains and subdomains via its risk profiling capabilities.

Hand-in-hand with the adoption of the Gogolook developed Whoscall application as a consumer based anti-scam protection via caller identification and URL scanning features, the state of digital protection was