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Kiwis are being urged to pause before they pay this Black Friday by MBIE’s Consumer Protection team in order to avoid falling victim to scammers.

Figures provided by the major banks to Consumer Protection for Fraud Awareness Week show almost two hundred million dollars was lost to scams in the last year.

Owners of four top loader Samsung washing machines manufactured more than a decade ago are being encouraged to double-check their model number.

The New Zealand Consumer Survey is conducted every two years by MBIE’s Consumer Protection team.