CPF Board issues warning about scam email requiring wage information from employers

SINGAPORE: On Wednesday , the Central Provident Fund Board issued a warning on its Facebook account concerning a scam email that has been circulating with the email subject: “Reminder: Requirement to declare wage information.”

The CPF Board also added a site providing more information on protecting firms from business email compromise attacks, which may be foundThis is not the first time fraudsters have targeted the CPF in scamming people. In June, the Public Affairs Department of the Singapore Police Force alerted the public over the emergence of scams involving malware that ended with money taken from bank accounts and Central Provident Fund accounts.

“Unknown to the victims, the application would contain malware that allowed scammers to access the victims’ device remotely and steal passwords, including passwords stored in the device. The scammer might also call the victim to ask for their Singpass passcode, purportedly to create an account on the application,” the police wrote.

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