Agentic AI could supercharge scam operations in Asia, expert warns

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Cybercrime expert Jonno Newman warns that agentic AI could fuel an AI

IMPACT Agentic AI could enable sophisticated, autonomous scam operations, making fraud faster, cheaper, and harder to trace.

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Agentic AI could supercharge scam operations in Asia, expert warns

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SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Joseph Sipalan · 2026-08-21 06:29

Asia faces scam ‘epidemic’ threat as gangs exploit agentic AI, cybercrime expert warns

Online scam syndicates that rely on trafficked workers, guarded compounds and vast call-centre-style operations could soon become more threatening by exploiting agentic AI to run some fraud operations autonomously, a cybercrime expert has warned. Unlike earlier uses of artificial…