{"id":8706,"date":"2024-05-21T14:48:29","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T04:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=8706"},"modified":"2024-05-23T14:52:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T04:52:57","slug":"text-scams-warning-from-acma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/text-scams-warning-from-acma\/","title":{"rendered":"Text Scams Warning from ACMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acma.gov.au\/articles\/2024-05\/watch-out-loyalty-points-scams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SMS Scams<\/a> Targeting Loyalty Points and Rewards programs are on the rise&#8230;check your phone!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Australian Communications and Media Authority recently issued an alert regarding a notable rise in these fraudulent schemes that typically aim to deceive individuals into disclosing personal information or clicking on harmful links.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quite often, a clear sign of a scam is the incorrect spelling of a well-known brand, indicating that the message is not legitimate but if you\u2019re not certain it\u2019s best to contact the organization directly using official contact details &#8211; not the link in the message.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2023, Telstra alone blocked an average of 11 million scam SMS messages per month through its Cleaner Pipes program.<br \/>\nSee &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acma.gov.au\/articles\/2024-05\/watch-out-loyalty-points-scams\">Watch out for loyalty points scams | ACMA<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8707 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Web-version-scam-alert-14-May.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Web-version-scam-alert-14-May.png 800w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Web-version-scam-alert-14-May-150x63.png 150w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Web-version-scam-alert-14-May-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Web-version-scam-alert-14-May-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Web-version-scam-alert-14-May-131x55.png 131w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SMS Scams Targeting Loyalty Points and Rewards programs are on the rise&#8230;check your phone! 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Quite often, a clear sign of a scam is the incorrect spelling of<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/text-scams-warning-from-acma\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8707,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[825],"tags":[2436,2435,2434,39],"class_list":["post-8706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-2","tag-acma","tag-scam-warning","tag-sms-scams","tag-telstra"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Text Scams Warning from ACMA - Tech Daily with Andy Wells<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/text-scams-warning-from-acma\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Text Scams Warning from ACMA - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SMS Scams Targeting Loyalty Points and Rewards programs are on the rise&#8230;check your phone! 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