Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has issued directives under the Online Criminal Harms Act (OCHA) requiring Apple and Google to implement anti-spoofing measures.
Scammers have found a loophole. While traditional SMS messages from government agencies in Singapore are protected by a verified “gov.sg” sender-ID (as enforced via the SMS Sender ID Registry), this safeguard does not cover messaging platforms such as iMessage or Google Messages.
“To protect the public from impersonation sca