{
  "id": 16557021,
  "title": "Police warn of dating app scams",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/26/police-warn-of-dating-app-scams",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-26T00:01:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Island Sri Lanka",
    "slug": "the-island-sri-lanka",
    "url": "http://island.lk/police-warn-of-dating-app-scams/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Police have warned the public to exercise caution when forming relationships with strangers through dating apps. This warning follows a rise in financial scams involving fraudulent mobile apps. Police have warned that such applications, which may appear to be legitimate, could contain malicious files capable of compromising mobile phones and stealing online banking details. Once […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}