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Kids at risk - watchdog fingers Facebook

Nearly half of us use social networks - and most are concerned about how much personal information children share online.

Visa to act on flaws found in new chip credit cards

Woman defrauds deaf community of $130,000

Row as Oz passports used in killing

Woman faces 40 charges related to fraud and identity theft

Police bust scam

Eye scan backed to beat fraud

Eighty-one per cent of New Zealanders are happy to use fingerprint scans to prove their identity and 68% are willing to have their eyes scanned.

Fake credit cards net criminals $13,000 a day

Insurance plan to fight rise in identity theft

New Zealanders can now insure their most personal asset in the country's first identity theft insurance scheme.