Posts tagged 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

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.

People in New Zealand are losing millions of dollars to scammers each year – and this is just the figures reported to Netsafe so  the …

With more people shopping online, many opportunistic scammers are targeting internet users by sending emails and text messages that impersonate delivery companies. They are designed …

We have worked with Spectrum Care to create this plain language romance scams guide. It offers advice for people with an intellectual disability, and those …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …