Warning about fake ETA "arrival card" phishing sites

[allabach 0]

Sorry I don't know what is the correct category for this, but I want to warn the community there are dozens of fake ETA "arrival card" websites recently being shared on social media and using SEO tricks to rank high on Google trying to trick tourists and travelers into thinking they are on the official ETA website for certain countries and asking them for their contact info, passport info and in some cases credit card info.

 

Police in several countries are already warning about these, but it doesn't seem like they've been able to take down many of these fake sites (yet)

 

Please be careful in regard to ETA arrival cards, be sure you are loading the government website for your destination country before trusting any information you read and NEVER provide personal details or payments until you are absolutely sure you are following that country's official guidelines....

[allabach 0]

Singapore government warned about this a few years ago:

 

https://www.ica.gov.sg/news-and-publications/newsroom/media-release/public-advisory-on-fake-sg-arrival-card-website

 

However since that time, many other fake sites have been launched not only for Singapore but other popular tourist countries like Australia, Thailand, Canada, US, and others... many of these phishing sites have better SEO than these governments do, so they can outrank and trick people easily