ACRA's Consumer Guide

Protecting yourself and making well-informed decisions when dealing with business entities

You may find yourself being presented with attractive business proposals, deals or offers, or you may be considering whether to make significant financial decisions with some business entities. It is important that any financial decision  you make should be well-informed, so that you do not become a potential victim of fraud and scam.

ACRA has collaborated with the Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE) to jointly publish this online information guide, which provides a checklist of what consumers should watch out for before making business decisions, and how consumers can use ACRA’s information services to conduct background checks on business entities.

This online information guide developed by ACRA and CASE contains the following information:

• Common tactics adopted by dubious business entities
• Use of ACRA's business information services to do background checks
• Making use of information from background checks
• Other useful resources to obtain more information
• Avenues for consumers to lodge reports with the authorities