{
  "id": 18070051,
  "title": "New GovTech-Google DeepMind app flags potential scams by analysing incoming messages",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/new-govtech-google-deepmind-app-flags-potential-scams-by-analysing",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-11-04T04:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Straits Times",
    "slug": "straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/new-govtech-google-deepmind-app-flags-potential-scams-by-analysing-incoming-messages"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "New app AntiScam Pango launched to help users identify potential scams by analyzing suspicious conversations. Developed by the Government Technology Agency (GovTech) and Google DeepMind, the AI-powered app detects and flags suspicious messages in real-time, using artificial intelligence to check WhatsApp, Telegram, and SMS conversations. AntiScam Pango operates on the user's device, ensuring message privacy. The app explains indicators that suggest a conversation may be a scam, allowing users to decide whether to continue the exchange, report it, or take precautions like verifying the sender's identity. AntiScam Pango's AI model was trained on data from ScamShield, the police, and the National Crime Prevention Council, recognizing manipulation tactics and characteristics commonly found in scams targeting Singapore users. Since its August 2024 release, the app has achieved 1.61 million installations. AntiScam Pango complements ScamShield's existing protections against scam calls, suspicious SMS messages, and fraudulent links. Unlike ScamShield, AntiScam Pango proactively assesses conversations as they arrive across supported messaging platforms. GovTech is exploring integration of AntiScam Pango into ScamShield and expanding coverage to other messaging platforms, currently available only on Android due to its ability to request access to incoming notifications from messaging services.",
  "summary": "The app uses AI to analyse all messages to flag suspicious conversations as they unfold.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}