{"id":296,"date":"2026-04-24T14:47:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/?p=296"},"modified":"2026-04-24T14:47:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T14:47:28","slug":"registrar-generals-department-issues-urgent-scam-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/2026\/04\/24\/registrar-generals-department-issues-urgent-scam-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"Registrar General\u2019s Department Issues Urgent Scam Warning"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-turn-id-container=\"request-69e68a3f-6f24-83a7-a313-f43cc048bdc5-2\" data-is-intersecting=\"true\">\n<section class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" data-turn-id=\"request-69e68a3f-6f24-83a7-a313-f43cc048bdc5-2\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-162\" data-scroll-anchor=\"false\" data-turn=\"assistant\">\n<div class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-10 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\">\n<div class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\">\n<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-1\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"0\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"ae3e4371-77e5-471c-9d10-dde249d8d99f\" data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3\" data-turn-start-message=\"true\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word dark markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"68\" data-end=\"213\">The <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Registrar General\u2019s Department<\/span><\/span> has issued a special notice warning the public about a financial scam being carried out using its name.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"215\" data-end=\"440\">According to the department, fraudsters are using the hotline number <strong data-start=\"284\" data-end=\"299\">011 5226126<\/strong> and similar numbers to obtain personal information from individuals. The following numbers have been identified in connection with the scam:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"442\" data-end=\"508\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1b2stld\" data-start=\"442\" data-end=\"474\">+94 11 5226126 \/ 011 5226126<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1c785b8\" data-start=\"475\" data-end=\"491\">077 116 7739<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1jwm2ek\" data-start=\"492\" data-end=\"508\">074 275 6098<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"510\" data-end=\"709\">Scammers are reportedly posing as officials and claiming to register individuals for a <strong data-start=\"597\" data-end=\"639\">Digital ID or e-National Identity Card<\/strong> through a mobile application that falsely uses the government emblem.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"711\" data-end=\"833\">Authorities emphasized that the department does <strong data-start=\"759\" data-end=\"832\">not conduct any such registrations via phone calls or unofficial apps<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"835\" data-end=\"866\">The public is strongly advised:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"867\" data-end=\"1090\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1x0umjc\" data-start=\"867\" data-end=\"938\">Do <strong data-start=\"872\" data-end=\"919\">not share personal or financial information<\/strong> over phone calls<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"oyu256\" data-start=\"939\" data-end=\"1013\">Avoid engaging with suspicious links such as <strong data-start=\"986\" data-end=\"1011\"><a class=\"decorated-link\" href=\"https:\/\/drpgov-lk.com\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"988\" data-end=\"1009\">https:\/\/drpgov-lk.com<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"147di1d\" data-start=\"1014\" data-end=\"1090\">Verify any official communication through legitimate government channels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"1092\" data-end=\"1200\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">The department urges citizens to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity to relevant authorities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Registrar General\u2019s Department has issued a special notice warning the public about a financial scam being carried out using its name. According to the department, fraudsters are using the hotline number 011 5226126 and similar numbers to obtain personal information from individuals. The following numbers have been identified in connection with the scam: +94 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":297,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":298,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296\/revisions\/298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tamilmail.lk\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}