Overview

• Police reported at least 16 cases in August involving e-mails impersonating educational institutions that tricked victims into bank transfers.
• MOE alerted parents via Parents Gateway on Aug 22, and multiple universities and polytechnics issued advisories warning against responding to such messages.
• Some scam e-mails used the subject line “Tuition Fee Outstanding Payment” and threatened legal action to pressure fast transfers.
• A Temasek Polytechnic case cited demands to pay a DBS account and send proof to addresses ending in “temasekpolytechnic.online,” which checks found were registered via Namecheap rather than GovTech.
• Authorities urged checking payment requests through official school channels and avoiding links or QR codes from unsolicited messages, with ScamShield resources offered for guidance.