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21-01-2022, 03:50 PM
Isabelle Liew
PUBLISHED 3 HOURS AGO
SINGAPORE - The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) on Friday (Jan 21) warned of a scam e-mail where recipients are told to buy an "approval pass" to receive funds from billionaire Bill Gates.
The e-mail would purportedly be from Iras, signed off in the name of the Commissioner of Inland Revenue, Mr Ng Wai Choong.
The e-mail would inform the recipients that their bank accounts had been blocked from receiving an unverified international funds transfer of $20 million from Mr Gates, co-founder of software giant Microsoft. He has a foundation, named after him and former wife Melinda, that does philanthropic work.
The recipients would be instructed to get a letter of confirmation from "the Bill Gate foundation" or buy an "international approval pass" to facilitate the transfer.
Iras advised the public to ignore the scam e-mail.
More info at: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/c...bill-gates
PUBLISHED 3 HOURS AGO
SINGAPORE - The Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) on Friday (Jan 21) warned of a scam e-mail where recipients are told to buy an "approval pass" to receive funds from billionaire Bill Gates.
The e-mail would purportedly be from Iras, signed off in the name of the Commissioner of Inland Revenue, Mr Ng Wai Choong.
The e-mail would inform the recipients that their bank accounts had been blocked from receiving an unverified international funds transfer of $20 million from Mr Gates, co-founder of software giant Microsoft. He has a foundation, named after him and former wife Melinda, that does philanthropic work.
The recipients would be instructed to get a letter of confirmation from "the Bill Gate foundation" or buy an "international approval pass" to facilitate the transfer.
Iras advised the public to ignore the scam e-mail.
More info at: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/c...bill-gates
