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Singaporean swindler: Divorcee loses $569k in romance scam after meeting woman on Tinder
He thought he was investing in Bitcoin with a woman he'd met on Tinder. It was all a scam.
Scambusters: Facebook Marketplace and Trade Me scams swindling Kiwis
Popular online sites can be a playground for scammers. What can be done to prevent them?
So many scams as AI and technology meet old-fashioned greed and trickery
A dizzying array of scams exist - some new, some old. Here's what to watch out for.
Scambusters: Keeping yourself safe from scammers
Scammers are a major problem for New Zealanders. With ever-elaborate methods of targeting your savings, what can you do to keep yourself safe? Video / Ella Wilks, words / NZ Banking Association
Diana Clement: Are you guilty of ‘harmless’ fraud?
OPINION: 'Harmless' fraud is a crime we all pay for.
End of an era: Fair Go axed after 47 years on Kiwi screens
The iconic consumer affairs show has exposed countless rip-off merchants over the years.
Voter fraud: 55 people alleged to have voted more than once last October
The Electoral Commission has referred 55 people to police for alleged voting fraud.
Govt instructs banks to introduce urgent measures to protect customers from scams
Banks have been told to investigate a voluntary reimbursement scheme for victims.
'Many failed companies': Builder who owed $350,000 in tax off to prison
Stephen Foley managed to shave several months off the amount of time he'll be behind bars.
SFO opens investigation into collapsed cryptocurrency platform Dasset
Some $6.3m is missing and liquidators can't locate the failed company's chief executive.
'A simple step that will stamp out bank scams’ gets a step closer. Maybe
'This should have happened years ago,' Consumer CEO Jon Duffy says.
Man gets free NY hotel room for years through loophole - then claims to own the building
In a city famous for its insanely expensive rents, one man found a fortuitous loophole.
'Maybe they should tell my 10 year old': Taylor Swift fans heartbroken by last minute scam tickets
Some Australian Swifties discovered at the last minute they had bought scam tickets.
‘You will die’: Ex Warriors prodigy's reign of terror over victim
Ex Junior Warrior had his victim, a man just trying to sell his car, at his beck and call.
Sex offender's appeal to introduce school suspension questions angers victim
The sex offender has claimed a judge erred in placing her on the Sex Offender Register.
Man who spent taxpayer money on gambling, adult entertainment says prison too harsh
Nathan Downey fraudulently obtained nearly $200k from MSD.
Deepfaked and doctored: Michael Baker demands action over bogus ads
A wave of Facebook ads for sham-health products steal the identities of top doctors.
Scam victim horrified nine others lost $800k after he reported $1m fraud to banks, police
The victim sent 20 separate money transfers of $50k each over just eight days.
Warning over third-party sites ripping off tourists buying electronic visas
Would-be visitors are being asked to pay 15 times more than the normal charge.
ANZ misses watchdog's scam warning after email caught in spam filter
Consumer NZ says ANZ's spam filter systems seem more effective than those detecting fraud.
Tragic toll of online abuse outlined in pleas for Govt to take action
Dysfunctional, sluggish official responses blasted amid escalating online harms.