Transportation Department signals public to deceptive SMS messages and sites supposed to be from Public Transport Fare Subsidy Scheme
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The Transport Department (TD) today (September 11) advised members of the general public to increase watchfulness versus deceitful SMS messages supposed to be provided by the Public Transport Fare Subsidy Scheme (PTFSS). They include deceptive site addresses and look for to trick the general public into supplying their charge card account and individual info. Information are set out on the PTFSS site.
The TD clarifies that the SMS messages were not released by the department and has actually referred the case to the Police for follow-up. The TD repeats that it will not send out any SMS messages to the general public in relation to the PTFSS, and members of the general public are not needed to offer charge card and individual details for gathering aids under the PTFSS. For information of the aid collection, please check out the PTFSS site.
Members of the general public need to remain alert when getting any unknown messages, and need to not check out suspicious sites or divulge any individual details. Anybody who has actually offered his/her individual details to the sites worried need to call the Police. Need to users of Octopus and AlipayHK have any queries about the PTFSS, please call 2969 5500 (Octopus) and 3002 0905 (AlipayHK) respectively.