13 Sep 2023

Scammers took over $4 million from April - June

From Morning Report, 8:23 am on 13 September 2023

Scammers stole just over $4 million from New Zealanders between April and June - down by a quarter on the previous three months.

Despite that drop, more of us report being targeted by fraud attempts such as phishing, or - here's a new one - smishing.

Smishing is when text messages appear, falsely, to be from a reputable organisation, such as your bank, or telling you a parcel has been delivered.

CERT NZ's manager of threat and incident response Jordan Heersping spoke to Corin Dann.