"Essentially people are doing this because people are easy to scam when they are anxious, desperate or in trouble."More

New Zealanders reported direct financial losses of $1.7 million. While that is still a substantial loss, the figure is a 71% drop from the previous quarter.More

People aged over 65 are particularly vulnerable, making the most reports and losing more than $330,000 this year. That’s more than 60% of the current losses.More

" This is an issue that isn’t going away. More needs to be done or we will continue to see large numbers of New Zealanders suffering financial and psychological harm,” says Netsafe CEO Martin Cocker.More

Of the 30% of calls that were classified as nuisance or scam calls, trueCall stopped 98% of them.More

Exit scam, or just plain bad luck? Investors in one of Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges will be pondering that very question.More

There was a staggering rise in criminal activity within the cryptocurrency market last year, despite the decline in the market.More

We all love them and our lives are effectively run by them, but research has revealed apps are increasingly growing deceitful with ulterior motives.More

The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) recently warned of a sophisticated phone scam, manipulating Australians for a reported $830,000 in November. More

“In one case, the attacker gained access and tracked the business’s emails for at least six months. They gathered extensive knowledge of the business’s billing cycles."More

Despite the crackdowns, Microsoft warns that these scams persist and target everyone, no matter their age or location.More

Scamwatch is warning Australian businesses to take an urgent look at how they deal with accounts and invoices.More

The losses are almost five times higher compared to the same period last year, from reported losses alone.More

Unfortunately the Xero Security team is all too aware of fraud. We see it affecting our customers and community as an almost daily event.  More

Is this for real? More often than not these days it can be hard to tell, and it’s okay to be a bit suspicious, especially when it comes to fraud.More

CERT NZ’s April-June 2018 Quarterly Report suggests that cyber threats – and the amount of people who are reporting them – are once again on the rise, and fewer people are losing money.More

CERT NZ is warning New Zealand businesses to be aware of an upsurge in fake invoices, which are often intercepting genuine payments.More

The ACCC has issued another warning to Australians to be wary of scam tactics, as victims continue to lose large sums of money.More

This year Kiwis have lost a staggering $18.6 million to scams, compared to $10.1 million for over the entirety of last year.More

Every day cybercriminals come up with a wide variety of phishing tactics with the intent of scamming innocent users.More

Residents at Auckland’s Settlers Village are now wiser to the dangers of online scams, thanks to a visit from BNZ staff yesterday.More

Netsafe and Spark are on a mission to raise awareness about the dangers of phone and online scams.More

So far in 2018 Australians have lost more than $26 million to investment scams. Already monthly losses have increased 117% since last year.More

The scam network is thought to be responsible for more than 35,000 cases of fraud and has caused more than EUR 18 million in damage.More