Posts in category Scams

Netsafe has received numerous reports about an email scam where the scammer falsely claims to have hacked into their device and recorded intimate recordings of …

In 2017, over $10 million dollars in losses were reported by Kiwis to Netsafe, and in the first half of 2018, $18 million dollars in …

Cold calling computer technicians have plagued Kiwis with their efforts to gain remote access to computers and steal online banking logins, personal data and more

1. Cold calling scams While at times not technically an online scam, this is still one of the most reported scams we receive. Cold call …

Event ticket scams happen when tickets to an event are purchased from an individual or through a third party ticket resale website. The buyer later …

When shopping online, we need to be careful about who we’re buying from and the information we’re giving out. The last thing anyone wants is …

After sending more than a million emails to scammers Re:scam will be powering down for some R&R and R&D from 18 December 2017.    What …

What is phishing? Phishing is when someone tries to get personal information (like bank account numbers and passwords), from a large audience, so they can …

We receive a lot of reports from people about cold call scams – these are run by scammers who contact you on your home phone. These …

Fake invoice scams happen when a scammer tries to get an individual or business to pay a fake invoice. This may be for a product …