Posts tagged 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 …

New Zealand businesses and individuals have received invoices from companies they have never dealt with stating that payment is overdue and requesting immediate payment. The amounts …

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.

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

Phishing emails are designed to steal personal information including bank details or personal information. Criminals continue to target brands that people know, use and trust …

  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 …

The volume of business email scam reports has increased over the last 18 months and the scam can affect any size company that handles ordering, invoicing and payment requests via email