Police warn of phishing scam involving SMS with link to fake Singpass website

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SINGAPORE - The police issued an advisory on Friday warning the public of a phishing scam where an SMS is sent to trick people into clicking a link that takes them to a fake Singpass website.

Victims have received an SMS from unknown senders using numbers such as"73333", telling them that their Singpass account has expired before instructing them to access the embedded link to reactivate it, the police said.

The fake website looked similar to the official Singpass login webpage, but had a fake URL with multiple broken image links on the page, added the police.The police reminded members of the public to stay vigilant and take precautionary measures such as not clicking on unverified links from unknown senders as Singpass does not send SMS with hyperlinks.

Last month, the police warned about a similar scam involving Singpass where scammers would create fake surveys, claiming to be doing it on behalf of reputable companies.with their Singpass app to retrieve their survey results so that they could receive their reward.

 

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