To protect the public from such scams, government agencies have been using the “gov.sg” sender ID to send SMSes to make legitimate government messages easily identifiable.
“While we have imposed this and other safeguards like the SMS Sender ID Registry (SSIR) on SMSes, they currently do not apply to messages sent via iMessage and Google Messages,” said MHA.
The “gov.sg” sender ID is not used to send messages via iMessage and Google Messages, said the ministry.
However, some might assume that the iMessages or Google Messages that they receive from accounts claiming to be from “gov.sg” are legitimate, as they appear alongside official SMSes and are not easily distinguishable.
