{"id":1707,"date":"2022-07-20T15:20:29","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T05:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.retiredpolice.com.au\/?p=1707"},"modified":"2022-07-20T15:20:29","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T05:20:29","slug":"warning-re-sms-phishing-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retiredpolice.com.au\/?p=1707","title":{"rendered":"Warning re SMS Phishing &#038; Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SMS Phising scams are becoming more sophistocated and you should ask the following questions if you receive an SMS from an unknown sender&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Do you know the sender, and do you usually receive SMS messages from the sender? Beware, scammers can mimic the phone numbers of legitimate organizations.<\/li><li>Does the message seem generic or contains errors and grammatical mistakes? 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