It has come to our attention that members of the public have received calls from “ 65 6214 8427”. The caller claimed to be an ICA officer and requested for the recipients’ passport numbers.

2.         The ICA would like to clarify that these calls were not made by our officers. ICA does not call members of the public to request for personal information over the phone. The Police have since been alerted. Members of the public are advised to take the following precautions when they receive such calls:

• Ignore such calls and the caller’s instructions; and
• Do not provide any personal particulars or transfer any money to the caller.

3.         ICA takes a serious view of such scam calls as it undermines public trust in ICA. Members of the public may call the Police hotline at 1800-255 0000 or submit information online at www.police.gov.sg/I-Witness should they have related information, and dial ‘999’ only if urgent Police assistance is required.

IMMIGRATION & CHECKPOINTS AUTHORITY
6 OCTOBER 2017