Escape The Hack: Countering Cyber Scams with an Immersive Experience for Everyday Indonesians
U.S. Mission to Indonesia
Who can apply
Eligible ApplicantsThe following organizations are eligible to apply:● Not-for-profit organizations, including think tanks and civil society/non-governmental organizations, foundations● Public and private educational institutions● Individuals● Public International Organizations and Governmental institutionsFor-profit entities, even those that may fall into the categories listed above, are not eligible to apply for this NOFO.
About this opportunity
Indonesia faces a pervasive and evolving cybercrime threat, with online scams growing in number and sophistication – while U.S. families continue to lose their life’s savings to international cybercrime, totaling over $12 billions in financial losses in 2023 alone. Unlike scam compounds in mainland Southeast Asia, criminal scam operations in Indonesia are decentralized and embedded within transnational networks. Thousands of Indonesian nationals have worked in scam compounds in Cambodia, Burma, and Laos, and there is now concern crackdowns in other countries prompting a wave of experienced Indonesian scammers to return home to establish new operations in collaboration with Chinese and other scam groups. To strengthen its efforts in combating scams, Indonesia established an Anti-Scam Center...