{"id":7011,"date":"2023-10-07T10:16:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T05:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=7011"},"modified":"2023-10-07T10:16:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T05:16:45","slug":"bml-messages-will-not-bear-hyperlinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbt.mv\/?p=7011","title":{"rendered":"BML messages will not bear hyperlinks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bank of Maldives (BML) has alarmed its customers notifying that the SMS messages sent by the bank will not consist of hyperlinks.<\/p>\n<p>The bank&#8217;s statement is in response to recent scams where SMS messages were sent under the BML&#8217;s name with hyperlinks. 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