{"id":4386,"date":"2025-06-06T12:01:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T12:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/?p=4386"},"modified":"2025-06-06T12:04:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T12:04:23","slug":"get-safe-online-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/2025\/06\/06\/get-safe-online-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Safe Online"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WhatsApp and other messaging apps are convenient and fun. But are you using them safely? Check out our top tips #MessagingApps <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getsafeonline.org\/messagingapps\">www.getsafeonline.org\/messagingapps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Is that really a family member or friend messaging you asking you for money, or telling you they\u2019ve changed their number? Always check on the number you have stored #MessagingApps <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getsafeonline.org\/messagingapps\">www.getsafeonline.org\/messagingapps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Links in WhatsApp and other messaging apps could lead to fraudulent websites or other dodgy content. Think before you click #MessagingApps <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getsafeonline.org\/messagingapps\">www.getsafeonline.org\/messagingapps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you ever suspect that something unexpected you\u2019ve received on a messaging app, email or on a website is fraudulent? You can check quickly and easily with #AskSilver, the AI-driven fraud prevention tool #MessagingApps <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getsafeonline.org\/asksilver\">www.getsafeonline.org\/asksilver<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you think you\u2019ve been a victim of fraud via a messaging app, report it to @actionfrauduk at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.actionfraud.police.uk\">www.actionfraud.police.uk<\/a> or by calling 0300 123 2040. In Scotland, call Police Scotland on 101 #MessagingApps <a href=\"http:\/\/www.getsafeonline.org\/messagingapps\">www.getsafeonline.org\/messagingapps<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:2291,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/2025\/06\/06\/get-safe-online-3\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4386 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-full'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/2025\/06\/06\/get-safe-online-3\/msg-apps-booklet-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"665\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/public\/maryrussell\/uploads\/sites\/2291\/2025\/06\/06120101\/Msg-Apps-booklet-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" 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But are you using them safely? Check out our top tips #MessagingApps www.getsafeonline.org\/messagingapps Is that really a family member or friend messaging you asking you for money, or telling you they\u2019ve changed their number? Always check on the number you have stored #MessagingApps www.getsafeonline.org\/messagingapps Links in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/2025\/06\/06\/get-safe-online-3\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Get Safe Online<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4293,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-whole-school-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4293"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4386"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4393,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4386\/revisions\/4393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/re\/maryrussell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}