Elderly swindler serves as warning to others

08:00 Wed, 9 Mar

A Warkworth business owner, who was swindled out of $760 by a man purporting to be a retired painter, hopes that by speaking about it...

Stay safe from scammers

10:28 Thu, 26 Mar

Let’s do this once and let’s do it properly – that’s the message on the national lockdown from a regional community civil defence coordinator. Anne...

Scammers steal $80,000 from elderly Mahurangi women

09:19 Tue, 1 Oct

Police are warning residents to be on the alert after two elderly Mahurangi women had tens of thousands of dollars siphoned out of their bank...

Professional scammers target vulnerable senior citizens

11:02 Mon, 2 Sep

A woman sits in front of her computer at home, watching the mouse move around the screen draining money from her bank accounts. She is...