Students (or anyone) moving to a new city after New Year?
Now is the time that many people are looking for rental accommodation to take up for 2012 whether it be for studying at Uni or other reasons.  We have noticed a spate of rental accommodation scams lately where a real bargain [...]

A special guest blog from Jon Duffy, Head of Trust and Safety at Trade Me and NetSafe Board Member.

Trade Me is a great place to find deals on all sorts of odds and ends. I myself recently found a genuine 1980s red and white cricket vest for a staggeringly low $12.00. I am now ready [...]

A Rolling Stone Gathers No Moss
Or – there is no such thing as a free lunch.
We are all hooked into social networking/media in some way or another (or I doubt you’d be reading this!). We know the advantages it brings us, lots of positives or we wouldn’t bother would we?
What happens when it all [...]

Christmas decorations are up in Newmarket and present lists are being made. (iPad please Santa).
It is really tempting to procure those ‘bargains’ from online websites – but please be very wary. There are lots of legitimate sites for your purchases and also hundreds of scams. For example the website Alibaba.com has thousands [...]

Don’t get scammed when you donate money to the Christchurch earthquake appeal

A quiet lunchtime read turns into a warning about the rapid pace of widespread technological change. Luddites beware!

Ever since Dick Van Dyke attempted a cockney accent in Disney’s 1964 movie Mary Poppins, the ability to impersonate a Londoner has been subject to serious critical analysis.
Van Dyke’s cheery Bert  is according to Wikipedia “still often cited as one of the worst attempts at a British accent by an American actor”.
After 45+ years of [...]

I would have thought that there has been enough reporting and education about scams and social engineering for people to be able to resist them, however that appears not to be the case.