Tax refund email circulating on WhatsApp a scam, warns Iras
SINGAPORE — An image of a tax refund email supposedly from the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) is a scam, the authority warned on Monday (Dec 30).
SINGAPORE — An image of a tax refund email supposedly from the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) is a scam, the authority warned on Monday (Dec 30).
The scam email is titled Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore-Refund-Online-Confirmation, and has been circulating on WhatsApp, Iras said in an advisory.
The message claims that the recipient is eligible for a tax refund, and then requests that the recipient click on a link to download a tax refund form and complete it to obtain the refund.
Iras has advised the public to ignore the image, and not respond to or further circulate it.