ICA staff calling to ask if someone needs PR or citizenship, promotion ongoing, a possible scam - The Independent Singapore News

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'ICA! Didn't know you had such services. Staff calling up to ask do I need a PR or citizenship. We have a promotion' said a Facebook page Complaint Singapore member on Friday (Aug 12).

A public member was surprised to receive a call from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority asking if he was interested in becoming a permanent resident or Singapore citizen.

“We men in blue have already done a lot of roadshows telling citizens first thing when they get such phone calls or texts of easy money is not to trust not to send any phone OTPs.” It appears that others also receive calls from ICA or the Ministry of Health . “So irritating..always received MOH or ICA calls… can’t these Ministry depts work on or do something on all these scam calls? The senior or older folks will get scammed one day,” added Facebook user Shirlin Lam., the most common scams follow a simple pattern. First, the scammers are offering tempting offers.

Regarding impersonation scams, a total of 752 victims have fallen prey to scammers, losing a total S$106.4 million as of December 2021.

 

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