Tips & advice
Romance scams
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.
Sextortion Scams
Webcam blackmail has evolved as a new way to demand money after video chat sessions are recorded and threats made to publish recordings online
How to record digital evidence
If you are the target of online bullying, abuse, harassment or criminal behaviour, you may want to capture digital evidence of what’s been going on. While it may seem like deleting the content is the quickest solution, it may be useful to ask Netsafe or a law enforcement agency for advice first. Get our advice on…
Advice for parents
#MyFriendToo
To mark Best Friends’ Day 2023 (8 June) Netsafe has partnered with our friends at Protect Children in Europe, to raise awareness among young people of the rise of sextortion / image-based abuse and how rangatahi can help their friends in a crisis. [Protect Children is the only organisation in Finland dedicated to preventing sexual…
Samoan online safety resources
Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa – Samoa Language week (28 May – 3 June). This week is about encouraging use of the language, celebrating and promoting it. So we thought it could be helpful to pull together all of our previously translated materials into one, easy-to-find place. In the spirit of Samoan Language Week, we…
Haere Mai to Our New YAS
In February, Netsafe welcomed and inducted our newest Youth Action Squad (YAS) members. Our YAS is a cornerstone of Netsafe’s strategy to support young people as it helps equips young people with the skills and opportunities to plan youth-led initiatives, lead product and campaign design and enact positive change in their communities around the online…
Online scams
Plain language romance scams
Netsafe and Spectrum Care have written this plain language romance scams guide. It offers advice for people with an intellectual disability, and those who support them. You can read our other plain language guides here. Romance scams: plain language guide Finding friends online can be fun. Sometimes, that friendship can turn to love. Sadly, some people…
Facebook Trading 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 Facebook pages for businesses. Although a lot of these pages and sellers are genuine, there are some people who use marketplace and trading scams to target people on Facebook. We’ve…
Tax Scams
Tax scams spike during important dates in the tax calendar. Find out more about common tax scams such as refund emails and overdue tax calls now. When does tax scams peak? Netsafe receives an increased number of scam reports about tax year-round, although these reports often spike around important dates in the tax calendar. This includes dates…
Recent work
#MyFriendToo
To mark Best Friends’ Day 2023 (8 June) Netsafe has partnered with our friends at Protect Children in Europe, to raise awareness among young people of the rise of sextortion / image-based abuse and how rangatahi can help their friends in a crisis. [Protect Children is the only organisation in Finland dedicated to preventing sexual…
Netsafety Week 2023
We are hosting Netsafety Week again this year to help provide practical tools and harm prevention support to enable New Zealanders to get the most benefit – and the least harm – while living their digital lives. This year’s Netsafety Week theme is: Arming Aotearoa with the tools for positive online experiences This year’s theme…
Haere Mai to Our New YAS
In February, Netsafe welcomed and inducted our newest Youth Action Squad (YAS) members. Our YAS is a cornerstone of Netsafe’s strategy to support young people as it helps equips young people with the skills and opportunities to plan youth-led initiatives, lead product and campaign design and enact positive change in their communities around the online…