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A forwarded message is not a notice

Forwarding can spread a real update or a damaged one. The notice is the file from the organisation. The message is only the envelope.

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Sharda News will publish explainers and, when we have checked them, reported updates. We will not publish a forward as news. You can use the same distinction on your phone.

The envelope and the letter

The message is the envelope. The notice is the letter: a PDF or a page on a site the organisation controls. If you cannot find the letter, you do not yet know what is being claimed. MyGov is one official place where citizen-facing updates are posted. It is not the only one.

Before you tap forward

Open the link. Check the domain. If the message adds a fee, a phone number, or a sense of panic that is not on the page, leave those additions out. Point people at how to verify a job notice or at the scheme page instead.

Source / reference

MyGov

This note points at a page the desk used. It is not a claim that the other site wrote this article.

Questions this article answers

Should I forward a job or scheme message to be helpful?

Forward the official link if you have opened it. Do not forward a cropped screenshot as if it were the whole notice.

Where can I look for citizen updates?

MyGov and the department’s own site are safer starting points than an unsourced forward.

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