Car owners lost at least $28,000 since Sept 1 after receiving fake email about their road tax or licence expiring, said the police on Sept 18.
The victims would receive electronic emails purportedly from OneMotoring, which is under the Land Transport Authority , informing them that their vehicles’ road tax or road license would be expiring.
The scammers would disguise a malicious link by embedding it behind a legitimate-looking hyperlink text, misleading victims into believing that they are clicking on a safe link to access the OneMotoring website. After clicking on the link, victims would be redirected to a phishing payment website impersonating OneMotoring, where they would key in their vehicle registration numbers, personal information, and credit or debit card details.
They would only realise that they had been scammed after they discovered unauthorised transactions made to their credit or debit cards.Notifications on road tax expiry of vehicles are sent to vehicle owners in one of these three ways:e-letters deposited into the vehicle owner’s OneMotoring account accessible only via Singpass login
hardcopy letters sent to the vehicle owner’s registered address if they have opted for the hardcopy notifications. Messages from LTA do not contain payment links
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