{"id":64901,"date":"2024-09-03T16:29:47","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T08:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/?p=64901"},"modified":"2024-09-03T16:35:18","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T08:35:18","slug":"hyperlinks-banned-sms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imoney.my\/articles\/hyperlinks-banned-sms","title":{"rendered":"Malaysians No Longer Allowed To Send SMS With Links, Callback Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last April, the Malaysian Communications &amp; Multimedia Commission (MCMC) issued a directive to all telcos to block links sent via SMS. The move was to reduce the number of people falling victim to online scams.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcmc.gov.my\/en\/media\/announcements\/waspada-terhadap-sms-yang-mengandungi-kandungan-te\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">statement released by MCMC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> yesterday, MCMC stated that starting on the 1st of September 2024, the directive banning hyperlinks will be enforced. for all parties. There will be no exceptions. Previously, enterprise sms were exempted until 31 August 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The statement also stated that along with hyperlinks, requests for personal information and a callback number will also be banned.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What-is-the-MCMC-ban-on-sms-url-links\"><\/span>What is the MCMC ban on sms url links<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcmc.gov.my\/en\/media\/announcements\/sekatan-terhadap-kandungan-khidmat-pesanan-ringkas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">directive<\/a> from MCMC was first issued in February last year. MCMC issued the directive to all telecommunications companies (telcos) to block any url link sent in short message services (SMS).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Deputy Communications and Digital Minister Teo Nie Ching, the directive was given to ensure that cases where someone mistakenly presses on a malicious link and falls victim to a scam no longer happens, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bernama.com\/en\/news.php?id=2178122\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bernama<\/a> reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At that time, Teo stated that the ban on links in SMS will happen gradually over phases. Maxis being the first telco to adhere to this directive, followed by other telcos. The outright ban being enforced starting September 1, 2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Still-receiving-links-in-your-SMS-Heres-how-you-can-report-it\"><\/span><b>Still receiving links in your SMS? Here\u2019s how you can report it<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the statement, MCMC also stated that if you\u2019re still receiving any forbidden content in your SMS, you can file a report through MCMC\u2019s report page, which can be accessed <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/aduan.mcmc.gov.my\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here, all you have to do is provide MCMC with the following information;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the sender\u2019s phone number or short code,\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the SMS receiver\u2019s phone number,\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">location where you received the message,\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and a screenshot of the message containing the forbidden content.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In their statement, MCMC also reminded Malaysians to be wary of similar messages that are sent on other platforms such as Google RSC, iMessage, WhatsApp, and Telegram.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MCMC\u2019s previously reported ban of hyperlinks in SMS takes effect from September 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":64902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[216],"tags":[1579,1154,493,2451,1664],"class_list":["post-64901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-updates","tag-jangankenascam","tag-mcmc","tag-scam","tag-sms","tag-whatsapp"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Hyperlinks Are No Longer Allowed In SMS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The previously reported ban on hyperlinks in SMS is fully enforced from September 2024. 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