| Blog URL: | http://5nz.com/ |
| Blog Tags: | pro forma, pro forma invoicing, nbo, nzbol, nzbo, abol, directory, scam |
| Country: | New Zealand |
Outlining pro forma scams and the legal battles we've had. | |
on Feb 2, 2017
Just had a call from someone claiming to be from the “Anti Fraud Department in Auckland” and they are concerned that we are getting lots of telemarketing calls. “Have you been involved in any fraud or scams?” I couldn...
on Oct 11, 2016
I reviewed a site today and discovered a new advertising technique – and if it’s on one site, it’ll be on plenty more. I clicked on a menu option and instantly got a popup telling me I had the “blue screen of death” and...
on Jun 16, 2016
Stuff have an article about a scam involving iTunes vouchers. $8000 in iTunes to pay tax? iDon’t think so The scam plays out like this Phone rings, it’s the IRD, you owe us mega bucks and there’s a warrant out for your arrest Pay us...
on Apr 26, 2016
It isn’t immediately clear why someone would get this message on their phone but it’s clearly trying to pretend it’s an instant fine payable with iTunes vouchers. Check out the message from the Te Awamutu Police. Don’t send mo...
on Apr 11, 2016
There is a new scam in town where people befriend young men, primarily, and ask them to purchase a game using PayPal. The so-called “friend” deposits money into the PayPal account, the game is purchased, the licence codes handed over and then the...
on Mar 25, 2016 in: People
This blog has suddenly been woken from the dead by someone called Te Ma’imi purporting to be legal counsel for a chap called Alex Savage who runs a directory called NZBOL. I wouldn’t normally create a page for Alex Savage because he̵...
on Oct 29, 2014
The BBC website has an article on “number spoofing” being used in phone based scams to get private info. This could well be happening in NZ already! I frequently have my home line forwarded to my mobile and there have been numerous times...
