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Buyer beware: Scam e-shops continue to plague consumers
Kiwis continue to share their stories online, with Elyse Auckland the latest to be found.
Fake Brad Pitt romance: Five arrested in $576,000 scam
Cybercriminals posed as the Hollywood star and studied the victims' profiles.
Banking Ombudsman warns scammers getting more sophisticated
Websites and letterheads of legitimate banks being copied.
'Gross negligence': Family to sue banks after disabled son lost $250k in scam
Neither NZ nor Australian police are investigating the fraud due to a miscommunication.
Gift parcel scam operating overseas targets Tauranga
Overseas scammers using QR code to access mobile phone data.
Fake ‘Christopher Luxon cancels your pension’ story sparks alarm among elderly
Funeral scams and increasingly fancy catfish fraudsters cause concern and frustration.
'Just hang up': Pensioner's devices hacked, identity stolen during cunning Spark scam
The scammer spoke to the pensioner by phone for three hours while controlling his devices.
'Plague of our times': banks devoting more to scam fight
Australia's 'Big Four' banks are setting aside more resources to fight scams.
Watchdog launches probe after Westpac customer loses $323k in scam, bank CEO 'sorry' for huge loss
Westpac's CEO is confident it had acted appropriately and 'exercised our duty of care'.
Woman duped into handing over $7k after being told she'd won a prize on Facebook
The victim was told she had to pay $5000 into a bank account in order to claim her prize.
Warning issued over scam website purportedly livestreaming waka ama champs
Fans are advised to go through individual clubs' Facebook pages to follow the events.
'You were blinded by greed' judge says of lawyer convicted of mortgage fraud
Francis Peters, one of five members of a family charged by SFO, sentenced.
Fake police officers scamming people for money
Scammers impersonating police are trying to fleece people out of money.
Fresh nationwide warnings as scammers impersonate police, vulnerable people losing money
Multiple reports across the country have surfaced of police scam calls.
New wave of dubious social media e-shops targets Kiwis
Kiwi singer says she's no customer of 'Williams Auckland' e-commerce fashion site.
Auckland family in dock in $8.6m mortgage and investment fraud case
Two Peters family members flee NZ; SFO seeks justice in fraud case.
Scammer duped pensioners out of $337k in elaborate ruse involving 'covert' police sting, 'fake' currency
The scammer listened on the woman's phone 'from her pocket' when she visited the bank.
'A win': Banks strike cash settlements with scam victims who lost $400k
An elderly victim made 13 offshore money transfers to scammers with help from bank staff.
'Ruined my life': Uber driver yet to tell wife he lost $18,000 in crypto scam
An Uber driver's savings for childcare and education was lost to a crypto scam.
Arrest after thousands of dollars handed over in scam targeting elderly
A 26-year-old English national has been charged in relation to a string of offences.
Police hunt for woman linked to Facebook scams and on the run
Police ask for the public's help finding Ashleigh Houston, believed to be in Manawatū.
'Psychic' family scammed man out of US$4.2m
Self-proclaimed psychics convinced the group 'bad things' would happen if not paid.
Chinese actor was enslaved in a compound running online scams
Over 200,000 people are being forced to work in Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos - UN report.
Tips for identifying and avoiding scams
Identifying email scams is getting increasingly more difficult.
Nepalese nationals targeted in new fake job offers for cash scam
Nepalese Consulate issues immigration scam warning on Facebook.
'Less than 1%': Truth about global tech outage
Experts warn malicious actors are trying to exploit the global tech outage.
Are you vulnerable to this complicated travel scam?
The scam plays on something most panicked travellers would do.
Anti-scam cop show actor was convicted for 'penny stock' fraud
Actor showed remorse for fraud and is working for a good cause, ANZ says.
Auckland mum narrowly avoids jail for Covid business scam
Mum pilfered thousands in pandemic loan scheme fraud.
'I've just lost all my money': Accountant tricked into sending $300k to scammers
Police are hunting Ayom Wek who flew to NZ and faces 34 money-laundering charges.
Car dealerships in US revert to pens and paper after cyberattacks
Cyberattack mess could take days more to clean up.
Fake cop swindles victims out of $300k
The victims were aged between 56 and 90, with the majority over 80.
Chinese Kiwis conned out of millions in scams
Members of the Chinese community warned about investment scams on social media.