[$250] Expense - SMS received for IOU sent displays weird text

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Version Number: V9.2.29-1
Reproducible in staging?: Yes
Reproducible in production?: Yes
If this was caught during regression testing, add the test name, ID and link from BrowserStack: Exploratory
Email or phone of affected tester (no customers): N/a
Issue reported by: Applause Internal Team
Device used: Redminote 10s android 13/ iPhone 15 iOS 18.5
App Component: Money Requests

Action Performed:

1. Launch app
2. Open any phone number 1:1 chat
3. Create a IOU
4. Open the SMS notification received
5. Try to tap on the text

Expected Result:

SMS received for IOU sent musnt display weird text.

Actual Result:

SMS received for IOU sent displays weird text and tapping on it doesn't direct to any link.

Workaround:

Unknown

Platforms:

• Android: App
• Android: mWeb Chrome
• iOS: App
• iOS: mWeb Safari
• iOS: mWeb Chrome
• Windows: Chrome
• MacOS: Chrome / Safari
• MacOS: Desktop

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Issue Owner

Current Issue Owner: @abdulrahuman5196

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