{"id":116271,"date":"2022-07-09T19:33:17","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T23:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=116271"},"modified":"2022-07-09T20:15:22","modified_gmt":"2022-07-10T00:15:22","slug":"text-message-scam-alert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/text-message-scam-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"Text message scam alert"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Ontario Provincial Police are warning residents to beware of a text scam going around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Always be vigilant with text messages like the one below. It&#8217;s a scam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rogers has indicated that they will credit customers who experienced outages on Friday due to system failures. They also stated that customers would not need to contact them and that credit for the inconvenience would be automatic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you receive any messages like the one below, do not interact with the sender or click any links. Block the number. Delete the message.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-doppleronline-ca.s3-accelerate.amazonaws.com\/2022\/07\/AUOXJHmM-CgUOaiBL-Screenshot_image.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-116298\" width=\"322\" height=\"577\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Don\u2019t miss out on Doppler!<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/dont-miss-out-on-doppler\/\"><u>here<\/u><\/a> to receive our email digest with links to our most recent stories.<br \/>\nLocal news in your inbox so you don&#8217;t miss anything!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"background: #5cb85c url('https:\/\/d1iczxrky3cnb2.cloudfront.net\/red_logo.png') no-repeat 37px; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; display: inline-block; font-size: 16px; padding: 15px 38px; padding-left: 75px; -webkit-border-radius: 2px; -moz-border-radius: 2px; border-radius: 2px; box-shadow: 0 1px 0 0 #1f5a89; text-shadow: 0 1px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\" href=\"https:\/\/donorbox.org\/support-huntsville-doppler\">Click here to support local news<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45657\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ontario Provincial Police are warning residents to beware of a text scam going around. 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