{"id":69204,"date":"2026-07-16T18:02:59","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=69204"},"modified":"2026-07-16T18:02:59","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T10:02:59","slug":"police-warn-of-scam-using-fake-gst-voucher-telegram-messages-to-hijack-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=69204","title":{"rendered":"Police warn of scam using fake GST Voucher Telegram messages to hijack accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Recipients will never be asked to provide personal information or bank login credentials to receive their GSTV payments, the police said. Eligible citizens who have already signed up for the scheme will receive their payments automatically.<\/p>\n<p>SMS notifications sent from &#8220;gov.sg&#8221; are only meant to inform them of their benefits and do not require them to reply, click on links or provide any information.<\/p>\n<p>The police also advised the public to install the ScamShield app, enable security features such as two-factor authentication and Telegram&#8217;s Two-Step Verification, and use security measures such as transaction limits where available.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone unsure whether a message is genuine can call the ScamShield Helpline on 1799 or visit www.scamshield.gov.sg for more information on scams.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.channelnewsasia.com\/singapore\/gst-voucher-scam-police-fraud-6258206\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recipients will never be asked to provide personal information or bank login credentials to receive their GSTV payments, the police said. Eligible citizens who have&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":69205,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dam.mediacorp.sg\/image\/upload\/s--qdTGBPFY--\/c_fill,g_auto,h_676,w_1200\/f_auto,q_auto\/v1\/mediacorp\/cna\/image\/2026\/07\/16\/imgonline-com-ua-frameblurred-wlyds0rtrjaaqr.jpg?itok=GLYwmvkL","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9,2538,6801,19295,835,1273,2455,4244,11785,1572],"class_list":["post-69204","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","tag-accounts","tag-fake","tag-gst","tag-hijack","tag-messages","tag-police","tag-scam","tag-telegram","tag-voucher","tag-warn","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69204","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=69204"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69204\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/69205"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=69204"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=69204"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=69204"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}