Posts tagged scams

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 …

Romance scammers are good at what they do and can spend months building up trust before they start to ask for sums of money. There’s no fail-proof way to identify a romance scam, but there are signs to look out for.

It is not uncommon for legitimate organisations to have their data compromised, and when this happens it might mean your data has been affected. Find …

While many of us are at home with our families, medical professionals and staff from the Ministry of Health, including Healthline, have been putting in …

Netsafe is urging people to be vigilant to opportunistic scammers looking to profit from COVID-19. We’ve seen first-hand how scammers are using COVID-19 as the …

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

Digital technology is playing a growing role in the lives of older people. It’s important for anyone embracing the opportunities available online to adopt safe …

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

Scammers often use different tactics to try to win your trust such as impersonating someone or an organisation you might know to try and convince …

People in New Zealand are losing millions of dollars to scammers each year – and this is just the figures reported to Netsafe so  the …