Police are aware of reports emerging in several police districts where people have received a scam phone call from someone claiming to be a Police Officer.
Tasman District Prevention Manager Inspector Mark Rowbottom, is urging locals across the whole Tasman District to be alert to the scam.
The ‘officer’ will claim to be from a particular department, tell you that you have been a victim of fraud or a scam, and begin to try and obtain further financial information from you.
People have been directed to go to their bank and withdraw money for evidence of the supposed scam.
This is a scam – no legitimate Police Officer will ever ask you to hand over money, for any reason. If you want to establish if the officer is genuine, ask for the officer’s full details, then hang up, contact Policed on 105 and request someone to check for you.
Older members of our community are being targeted and Police urge anyone with older, vulnerable relatives or friends to make them aware of this activity.
Since early August, Police have had several instances of this being reported and we have made arrests in Auckland and Wellington.
Three people are currently before the courts in relation to scamming vulnerable people in the Auckland and Wellington Districts.
One of these, a 26-year-old UK national, has since been convicted of scamming more than $330,000 out of victims.
People will need to be vigilant because enquiries into reports of such scams are ongoing.
New Zealand Police will also never contact people seeking their banking details, card numbers, PIN, or passwords.
There are instances where legitimate Police Officers will contact you as part of their duties, but New Zealand Police will never ask you to withdraw money.
Remember:
- Police will never ask for details about your bank cards, PIN, or passwords over a phone call or even an email or via text
- Trust your instincts, if something doesn’t feel right, or is too good to be true, it probably isn’t
- If you are uncertain, ask for the officer’s details, hang up, contact 105 and request that officer contact you back
- Police aren’t in the business of offering prize money.
If you are in the unfortunate position of being a victim of a scam, please report the matter to Police.
Take the chance to upskill yourself on scam awareness, check for further information on the Netsafe website.
Beware of Police doing the bidding of Goldsmith and the U.S. who are now trying to extradite Kim Dotcom.
The case against Kim Dotcom is a civil case, and not a criminal case.
When the Zionists of Hellywood couldn’t take over Mega, they then set out to destroy KDC.
This is what the Talmudic Zionists do; that which they cannot control or buy, they then destroy.
Look at Gaza…
KDC will NOT be safe in a U.S. Prison. That is well known. Once he is there, the Deep State will murder him just as it did to Epstein!
Will someone please spirit him and his family to China and then on to Russia?
Short-term wise, perhaps he will need to seek refuge at the Russian Embassy like the Aussie Cossack has done?
Deep State – It is true. The case against Kim Dotcom is a civil case. The US closed Megaupload down and confiscated the profits and a civil procedure should have been followed to end the business. The fact that he has been hounded for 12 years makes me wonder.
This article where three people, one a 26-year-old UK national, convicted of scamming more than $330,000 out of victims, gives no names and no sentence for the conviction. Are there deportations? Jail terms? Confiscation of assets to repay the victims? Or what? Or just nothing once again.
Signs they are not legitimate include an absence of knuckle dragging and toadying to political interests at the expense of their own people.