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Going Abroad? Avoid Travel-Related Scams 🚢✈️🚃🚘

Yes, we can travel more as Covid-19 restrictions ease! But scams related to travel are rising too. So before you start packing be aware, and use these tips to avoid losing sleep or your money: 💡Real or not? If a deal is too good to be true, it probably is! To check if a website

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Job Scams! 💼🙅

Many people are receiving unsolicited job offers via messaging apps and social media. Very often, people posing as potential employers will offer high paying jobs which require very little time commitment or effort. Sometimes, you may also be asked to pay additional fees such as insurance or membership. Don’t fall prey to these scams! Stay

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Scam Alert: Fake emails from the Prime Minister’s Office

Scammers have been sending out fake emails purportedly from Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.  These scammers make use of the names of influential personalities, including government leaders, to trick recipients into responding to them, visiting scam websites, or divulging personal information. Contents of these email messages vary. The example pictured above thanks the recipient

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SCAM ALERT! 📱

There’s been a recent surge in phishing scams where scammers are impersonating IRAS and targeting people through SMSes, according to the Singapore Police Force. SMSes look like those in the images above, urgently asking people for payment by clicking on a bit.ly link. These fake websites look like an IRAS website, and people are asked

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Beware of SMS phishing scams targeting Singpass login credentials

The Singapore Police Force (SPF) on Sunday (Oct 2) warned of a new type of SMS phishing scams, where scammers would target victims with a similar sender’s ID to obtain Singpass login credentials. Log-ins to Government services should only be done at websites that end with “…gov.sg”. If a link received does not end with

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