CareShield Life

Some wondered if the SMS message, which contained a clickable link to the CareShield Life website, was a scam. . Read more at straitstimes.com.

She added that CPF members can check if the website domain listed in the SMS ends with a ".gov.sg" to determine whether the link genuinely leads to the CPF website or another government website. Government agencies must send links that end with ".gov.sg" to help members of the public easily identify them as trusted links. After 790 OCBC Bank customers lost a total of about $13.7 million in SMS scams in December last year, the Monetary Authority of Singapore mandated that banks here remove clickable links in their e-mails or SMS messages to customers. He added that he had clicked the link in the SMS message, signed in using Singpass, but the website crashed. The message is meant to notify CPF members that they are enrolled in CareShield Life, and that their ElderShield policies are being terminated, said the board in response to queries. SINGAPORE - An SMS message sent to Central Provident Fund (CPF) members on Friday (April 22) informing them that their ElderShield insurance policies have been terminated is legitimate, said the CPF Board.