Victims would receive unsolicited SMSes with the sender's ID containing similarities to Singpass, such as MySingpass or SGSingpass.
SINGAPORE: The Singapore Police Force on Sunday warned of a new variant of SMS phishing scams where scammers would target victims with similar sender's ID to obtain their Singpass login credentials.
The SMSes would indicate that the recipients’ Singpass accounts had been or would be deactivated, and that they were required to conduct facial verification. They would then be required to log into Singpass through a web link provided in the messages. They would then be led to a two-factor authentication page asking for their Singpass one-time password, said the police.
Members of the public were advised that Singpass does not send SMSes containing web links asking recipients to log in with their credentials, such as passwords and one-time passwords.Singpass users can verify the authenticity of the claims against their Singpass account via the Singpass hotline at 6335 3533 and press 9 for 24-hour scam support.
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