Monthly Platform Intelligence Note
Intelligence Summary
As of March 2026, Scam.SG holds 2.2M official records and 830K official channels, and recorded 566,851 page views in March, with business claim demand concentrated in repair of computers, personal and household goods and vehicles and activities of head offices; management consultancy activities sectors.
Official records and public web data Scam.SG holds on Singapore businesses.
Business registrations from ACRA, past and present, plus MAS, IMDA, CEA, SFA and insurance registers.
The websites and social media pages linked to a business's Scam.SG profile, so you can tell its real channels from look-alikes. Owners can confirm them by claiming their profile.
Social media posts and news articles about Singapore businesses, collected from public sources.
Why looking legitimate is not the same as being safe.
Real Singapore names copied by entities on the MAS Investor Alert List.
Percentage of publicly flagged companies that had a recorded website or social media presence. An online presence doesn't guarantee a business is trustworthy.
Percentage of publicly flagged companies with at least one former registered name on record. Always check a business's identity before you pay or share your details.
ACRA-registered entities indexed on Scam.SG, with active warnings and MAS watchlist flags.
ACRA-registered entities with a searchable Scam.SG profile.
Businesses with at least one public warning on their profile, such as a regulator alert or a concerning registry status.
Businesses whose public warnings include a high or critical rating, the most serious levels we use.
Businesses matched to the Investor Alert List, which the Monetary Authority of Singapore publishes to warn about unauthorised entities.
Singapore Operational Context
The SPF's 2025 Annual Scam and Cybercrime Brief identified government official impersonation as the fastest-growing scam category in Singapore — up 123.6% year-on-year to 3,363 cases, with losses of S$242.9 million. Investment scams remained the highest-loss category at S$336.2 million. In 81.8% of all scam cases recorded in 2025, victims transferred money themselves — manipulated through social engineering rather than direct account compromise. Scam.SG's MAS Investor Alert List cross-referencing directly addresses the investment scam vector by surfacing watchlist-flagged entities in business profile searches.
Page views, business claims and scam reports on Scam.SG.
Pages viewed on Scam.SG this month, as people look up businesses, read scam guides and use the platform.
Business owners claiming their Scam.SG profile to confirm who runs the business and keep its details accurate and up to date.
Reports submitted by the public on Scam.SG about suspected scams and scammers.
Intelligence Trend Observation
Active warning records are accumulating faster than claim activity, suggesting the platform's risk intelligence coverage is outpacing the rate at which legitimate businesses are coming forward to verify themselves.
Top SSIC sectors by business profile claims this period.
Repair service providers operate in high-touch consumer contexts where trust is established at point of service. Verification activity in this sector typically reflects consumers checking service providers before committing items of value, consistent with growing awareness of fake repair scams.
Management consultancies and holding entities are frequent impersonation targets due to their advisory roles and access to client financial information. Verification demand in this sector often reflects clients or counterparties checking firm credentials before engaging on sensitive mandates.
Construction firms face verification demand from project owners, sub-contractors, and financing parties conducting pre-contract due diligence. The sector's reliance on formal tendering and multi-party contracting makes business identity verification a standard step before engagement.
Data Sources & Methodology
Scam.SG draws on ACRA-registered business entities, MAS investor alerts and enforcement actions, IMDA InvoiceNow, CEA salesperson, SFA food licence and insurance agent registers, publicly available web and social records, community-sourced scam reports, and enforcement signals from public agencies. For a full list of data sources, visit scam.sg/data-sources.
Disclaimer: The data in this publication is presented for informational and transparency purposes only. It does not constitute legal advice, regulatory assessment, or a recommendation regarding any business entity named or described herein. Scam.SG is operated by OnScam (SG) Pte. Ltd. and is not affiliated with any Singapore government agency.