Scammers claiming to be from a government department or using the name of a respected member of society are cold-calling people to ask for personal details.

Beware of cold callers pretending to be from the Earthquake Commission (EQC). Remember, EQC will not ask for payment before carrying out an assessment.

Briscoes has said it had received reports that fraudulent emails advertising free ‘‘high value Briscoes gift vouchers’’ were being sent to its customers. Briscoes said the emails were not sent by, or endorsed, by it. Some of the emails were offering up to $300 in gift vouche...

The Commerce Commission is warning New Zealanders about being cold-called by a company called Li Bai Corporation, as it is believed to be a scam.

Don’t get pressured into handing over anything you’re selling until you’re sure you’ve received the funds for it.

The email is being sent from a variety of email addresses and uses a number of subject lines, including “you have to update your shipping address” and “a delivery man wasn’t able to bring the parcel”. This is a spam and involves ransomware which can encrypt files on the host...

Phone scammers are attempting to intercept Work and Income New Zealand payments by calling businesses who provide services direct to WINZ clients

The recent wave of scam phone calls falsely claiming to be from government agencies have diversified, with a range of nationalities now apparently being target.

A New Zealander was caught out trying to use cheques from bogus UK bank ‘WeRe Bank’.

Immigration New Zealand (INZ) has become aware of a new wave of scam phone calls from individuals claiming to be working for INZ.