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Scam warning and safe buying advice
It was Scam Awareness Week last week and we thought it would be timely to remind members about one scam attempt we’ve seen recently, and offer some tips to keep you safe.
These scammers know their game and have many tactics to try and get your hard-earned cash into their pockets. In the last couple of weeks, a new scam has reared its ugly head in New Zealand. It seeks to lure victims by combining the old age medium of newspaper advertising, with the new age technology of online phone calls via services like Skype (technically known as “voice over internet protocol” or VOIP).
It starts with a classified advertisement for a cheap vehicle popping up in one of the local newspapers around the country. Alongside a free-to-register email address (e.g. Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo) is a local New Zealand phone number purchased by a scammer that actually connects overseas, not locally. They are doing this through VOIP technology and number portability, which is brilliant if you want cheap calls to your friend in London, but not so great when you think you're calling someone in NZ to buy a car. More...
3x cool new site changes today
1. Optional phone number added to delivery information
We’ve had a bit of feedback from sellers who ship larger items, especially those who use couriers. Some couriers won’t deliver packages unless the customer’s phone number is included, so sellers often need buyers to include a contact phone number.
To help things along, we’ve added an optional phone number field for the buyer when they enter their delivery information. It’s not a huge change, but it should make life easier for a lot of sellers. More...
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