Posts tagged scams

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …