{"id":74506,"date":"2025-08-16T16:55:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T16:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/74506\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T16:55:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T16:55:08","slug":"received-a-text-from-an-unknown-number-heres-how-to-tell-its-a-scam-ctv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/74506\/","title":{"rendered":"Received a text from an unknown number? Here\u2019s how to tell it\u2019s a scam &#8211; CTV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxQeVliTklralRfa2dLSHpXOV9zdzhMRkNETlJfUy1OUkpsQkZWU1FMNUZLTGpiVlFSSzhRWmhZa090S3ZjV0lWb2dCWHNWOXc5Q0xKamlmMTg1RjdPeDdjeF9yck9KRXVlbG9VWUlWeWgyeXp1d0pHOHNULXVfX1hTczVtVXRybU5pTzI2X3VucTdiejNFdWNaVlpZZVBiS1lzTkI2a1BYQ0p4bFU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Received a text from an unknown number? Here\u2019s how to tell it\u2019s a scam<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxQdTR4eFY1RXNsZDJmRlRNOU5IbVFHcHNmYjN3VzNxYkMza3hSX1RNU1hmMkRjOEJjVVI4RTFELUJ4Q0ZSVFhzTGRPVHFDNjlwT3ZtUFg3bXAxOHo2cGNoRTVKZGp1MWxHclRERGtoV3pzazBHLXVkaUJmbFBxX0hoTnFnYmJLR0QzTnQ2QjFCZC16MEh5YjdMR0FTTWM1dnFiLW85eDBjaEV5WkN2YXdPZkYxTTl4OWhadl95SnlOZHE2QXM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fraudsters are targeting Canadians by text. Here&#8217;s how to spot a smishing scam<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;ca.finance.yahoo.com<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTE1WZktscVhTVzJpQVhNUXdSaEQtTzBaX0l0V0l4ZFFRdzVfeE00cUZzVUFYTTRxTHVVeVNmdW4tYzVFNGg3OWs0cno1bzNjY2FnNjNqU1NoYUxCZnBEeDZSYnNxSzN2SXJkSEliYmFPcmVCT1RCVjV5c01hc9IBgAFBVV95cUxQaUtzVW9fV0Fjbm5xcmEyOU5OVmlCczV4MXVLMU9hZGRTMU05WDFLYjZnMUNhVmFTc1BkNDdLZHJobnVma1RfNllyQXYxZlBLRmczaHYyMVRmalNMUzFKdHBWcHJ5clI0M01LSUpKNEE2TGVNMXpWNktTbXg5YzZxMQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Got a scam text message? How to protect yourself from \u2018smishing\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Global News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMic0FVX3lxTE94ZkpKN054V093bWwwM29QSk83WkY2VEs2MVZWSjYxMG5pbENXTUItcTd6TlVLeXYyOUE5aUNLWXQwenppZDRfdkl6NDdXVXVpN3Q0RjVId1VJZ1RtaFVEblcxcVUzNGw5R3gyQjZMTy1LSjDSAYcBQVVfeXFMT0dPRTE3VllWN0NhSDZwcDFueU55ZXJlcTBfTkxlbkZSNFdiczNUT3NvTWk4T0JtZjVfcy0yWU5sV0FZYnBsX2kxRVpPWEhGSUVxWldfWnFUODVaRVBkTjRNSU55YnM4NDBqT3gtaUV6UmZsWXA2RDVVajhlX1A1a1diZnRyR0JF?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How to avoid text message scams<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;AZFamily<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMid0FVX3lxTE5Gd0p6ckR6WFZsNjJfaU5mbTdjTVlZRUxSdWFOdTFBQ0FnV3F2RmJSbFRuQlZoRnZ6Q05vVkFCWVVjQTlqTWhQVjBTV0MtOEJzZzAtM1NpblBmSC1MVlhQTllCYkt1UFBobndDd1IzdXkydklNT2Nv?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Stay vigilant against texting scams<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Fidelity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Received a text from an unknown number? Here\u2019s how to tell it\u2019s a scam&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV NewsFraudsters are targeting Canadians&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[712,45,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-74506","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-business","10":"tag-ca","11":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}