Police warn of phishing scams impersonating OneMotoring site

SINGAPORE: The police warned on Tuesday (Sep 17) of a phishing scam variant involving the impersonation of the Land Transport Authority’s (LTA) OneMotoring site.
Emails, purportedly from OneMotoring, would inform victims that their vehicles’ road tax or road licence would be expiring.
Since September 2024, at least eight cases of this scam variant have been reported, with total losses of at least S$28,000 (US$21,600), the police said in a news release.
The scammers would disguise a malicious URL by embedding it behind legitimate-looking hyperlinked text to mislead victims into believing it was a safe link, police added.
Victims would be redirected to a phishing payment website impersonating OneMotoring after clicking on the URL.
They would then be prompted to key in their vehicle registration numbers, personal information, and credit or debit card details.
Victims only realise they had been scammed after they discovered unauthorised transactions made to their credit or debit cards, said police.
LTA does not notify vehicle owners of expiring road tax via email, the police said.
Notices of road tax expiry are sent to vehicles through one of the following three ways: SMSes with the “gov.sg” sender identification, e-letters deposited into the vehicle owner’s OneMotoring account accessible only via Singpass login and hardcopy letters sent to the vehicle owner’s registered address.
Messages from LTA also do not contain payment links.
Anyone with information on scams may call the police at 1800-255-0000 or submit information online to www.police.gov.sg/iwitness.
The public may also visit www.scamalert.sg or call the anti-scam helpline at 1800-722-6688 for more information.