Posts in category Scams

One of the scams reported often to us is government grant scams. These scammers are pretending to be from a trusted and legitimate organisation to …

Facebook helps you keep up with family and friends and share what’s going on. It’s also home to popular local ‘buy and sell’ groups, and …

Scammers have been running employment scams overseas using the offer of fake jobs in New Zealand companies. The people running these employment scams are pretending …

We often receive reports of people being signed up to unwanted subscriptions and trials. Find out how it happens, and what you can do about it.

Romance scams can cause victims serious harm as they may have to deal with the psychological trauma of being both defrauded and jilted by an online lover

Webcam blackmail has evolved as a new way to demand money after video chat sessions are recorded and threats made to publish recordings online

The operators behind two recent suspicious email campaigns are looking to trick recipients into doing something that provides them with a financial reward

  Malaysian travel scratch and win cards have been delivered to mailboxes around the country, often from travel companies based in Malaysia. Unfortunately this is …

The Ashley Madison website was hacked which resulted in a large amount of user data being stolen. The database was then published online and resulted …

NetSafe routinely takes reports of email accounts being compromised and used to send spam or scam emails. Learn the simple steps to secure your account from hackers