You might have gotten this message recently.

Or this:

Well, congratulations, you've got S$200 or S$300. Or perhaps, if you're really earning that much money, S$100.

Other side

Some of you might have gotten these messages instead, though:

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Here's how you can tell the difference according to our government:

1) Sender is 'SG-Bonus' or 'SGBonus'

2) SMS/Website will not ask for information from you

3) URL to view more details/sign up for SG Bonus starts with "https://www.singaporebudget.gov.sg"

Also if a government message starts with "SG bonus for you" and ends with an exclamation mark, you might want to double check the source before clicking on any link.

Here's a post from the Ministry of Finance confirming this:

Image adapted from Kampong Java NPC