Scammers have been using the floods affecting Northland to try to steal money from Northlanders' bank accounts
Northlanders are being warned about scammers trying to siphon money from people's bank accounts while claiming to be collecting money for a storm relief fund.
The scam came to light this morning when a woman at storm-hit Te Kao, north of Kaitaia, contacted police.
She had been called by a
person asking for donations and claiming to represent a storm relief charity.
Alarm bells rang when the caller asked for her bank account and PIN numbers.
The woman put her husband on the line who told the caller, in no uncertain terms, what he thought about a scam taking advantage of a natural disaster and Northlanders' generosity.
