It has come to our attention that members of the public had received an email from [email protected] requesting them to make payment for Goods and Services Tax (GST) to redeem their postal articles detained by the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA). The scammer is known as “Chen Ping” who claimed to be an ICA Duty Officer.  

2        ICA takes a serious view of such email scams as it undermines public trust in us. We would like to advise members of the public to exercise caution so that you do not unwittingly fall prey to such a scam. The ICA does not issue tax invoices requesting for GST payment. A police report has been made. Members of the public who received such an email scam may also wish to make a police report.

3        For information relating to dutiable goods, members of the public may wish to visit Singapore Customs’ website at www.customs.gov.sg.

IMMIGRATION & CHECKPOINTS AUTHORITY

1 APRIL 2016