{"id":105323,"date":"2026-08-12T10:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T02:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/?post_type=frequently-asked-que&#038;p=105323"},"modified":"2026-08-12T10:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T02:29:15","slug":"i-received-a-suspicious-email-sms-regarding-assistance-offers-or-license-approvals-using-motacs-name-how-can-i-verify-its-authenticity","status":"publish","type":"frequently-asked-que","link":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/frequently-asked-que\/i-received-a-suspicious-email-sms-regarding-assistance-offers-or-license-approvals-using-motacs-name-how-can-i-verify-its-authenticity\/","title":{"rendered":"I received a suspicious email\/SMS regarding assistance offers or license approvals using MOTAC&#8217;s name. How can I verify its authenticity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MOTAC never requests sensitive personal information, passwords, or personal financial transactions via unofficial emails or messaging applications (SMS\/WhatsApp). All official digital notifications from the ministry will exclusively use the official email domain <\/span><b><i>@motac.gov.my.<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> If you doubt the authenticity of any notification, please perform an immediate verification by contacting the MOTAC General Line or emailing <\/span><b><i>kip.bpm@motac.gov.my.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"default","_kad_post_title":"default","_kad_post_layout":"default","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"default","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"default","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":""},"faq_bahagian":[1628],"faq_sistem":[1716],"class_list":["post-105323","frequently-asked-que","type-frequently-asked-que","status-publish","hentry","faq_bahagian-information-management-division","faq_sistem-11-cybersecurity-digital-scams"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/frequently-asked-que\/105323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/frequently-asked-que"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/frequently-asked-que"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/frequently-asked-que\/105323\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105324,"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/frequently-asked-que\/105323\/revisions\/105324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_bahagian","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_bahagian?post=105323"},{"taxonomy":"faq_sistem","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.motac.gov.my\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_sistem?post=105323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}