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Welcome, Master Trainers and ASEAN Digital GrandPals!

Together, let’s build communities that stand strong against online scams.

A portal made for the Master Trainer team and ASEAN Digital GrandPals: a place to connect, learn, look up materials and support one another as you share knowledge with the community.

Southeast Asian countries taking part
11
programme implementation period
2025-2027
in Google.org funding across the region
US$5M

About the programme

Illustration: floating islands with Vietnamese houses linked by wooden bridges around a blue shield monument, with villagers of all ages waving to one another

Scam Ready ASEAN is an initiative that raises awareness of online scams and builds communities’ ability to prevent them across Southeast Asia, with support from Google.org and the ASEAN Foundation.

In Viet Nam, the programme is building a network of Master Trainers and ASEAN Digital GrandPals who can train, guide and pass on the knowledge and skills to prevent online scams to people and community groups.

In the news

Nhân DânIn Vietnamese

Building Vietnamese people’s ability to protect themselves from scams

The ASEAN Foundation and Google are working together on Scam Ready ASEAN, a programme that helps people across ASEAN countries protect themselves from scams. In Viet Nam, the programme has chosen the social enterprise Chống Lừa Đảo as its implementing partner.

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  1. VnEconomyIn Vietnamese

    Equipping 50,000 Vietnamese people with the knowledge to prevent online scams

    The 50,000 target is not just the number of people who take part in training directly: it will grow a network of people who can keep passing that knowledge on...

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  2. Vietnam.vnIn Vietnamese

    SCAM Ready ASEAN helps communities build a digital-skills “shield”

    As online scams grow ever more sophisticated, SCAM Ready ASEAN is taking the skills to spot and avoid digital risks from the regional level down to individual communities.

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  3. Thanh NiênIn Vietnamese

    Chống Lừa Đảo project receives support from Google

    The non-profit project Chống Lừa Đảo has officially become the implementing partner of Scam Ready ASEAN in Viet Nam. The regional programme is run by the ASEAN Foundation with support from Google.org, and focuses on helping people recognise, prevent and respond to increasingly sophisticated online scams.

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  4. Tuổi TrẻIn Vietnamese

    ASEAN boosts digital self-defence skills against a wave of scams

    Run by the ASEAN Foundation, the initiative aims to equip around 3 million people in the region with the skills to spot and avoid scams, backed by US$5 million in funding from Google.org.

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Document library

Training materials, session guides and support tools for Master Trainers and ASEAN Digital GrandPals.