SINGAPORE — The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) is advising members of the public to ignore a scam SMS purportedly sent by the statutory board which includes a phishing link designed to obtain important information.
Scammers have spoofed Iras’ Sender ID and the fake SMS is grouped together with past legitimate SMSes sent by Iras, it said on Thursday (Feb 3).
In an advisory posted on its website, Iras stressed that the public should not click on the link — https://singaporeposte.com — in the SMS.
“Those who have been affected by the scam are advised to lodge police reports,” said Iras.
The statutory board added that taxpayers should remain vigilant against phishing scams “particularly during peak tax filing seasons as more of such scam attempts may occur”.
“Scammers would trick taxpayers into giving out their personal information, credit card or bank account details, making any payments to a third party’s bank account or following any instructions by the sender,” said Iras.
To avoid getting scammed, Iras said that members of the public should always verify the authenticity of the message with the statutory board itself if they find it to be suspicious.
They should also pay attention to dubious SMS messages with grammatical errors and clickable links directing them to websites without the “.iras.gov.sg” or “go.gov.sg” domains.
Lastly, the public should not disclose their personal information such as bank account details and…
