Scam Watch - May 26

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• The Department of Internal Affairs has only had one new email scam reported this week, from "Peter Stevenson". He writes that he is in Indonesia on business. He tells the recipient to contact his secretary, "Wright. William", and ask for US$920,000 that is being held as recognition for "past efforts". He hints that a previous attempt to transfer money has failed and asks for personal details. He offers an 027 number and says: "Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the suffer ness at that time. Do send to Wright. William, your contact details."

• A friend of Consumer Watchdog had her email address hacked and we were all sent a message telling us that she had been called away to the Philippines but had lost her wallet and needed US$2,000 to get home. This used to be a common scam that fell out of favour.