Nearly 80 fraud and scam cases reported to banking watchdog every month, report shows
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Have you ever received a suspicious email, call, or a text that felt like a scam?
You are not alone - scam victims accounted for 22 percent of complaints to the Banking Ombudsman over the past year.
A report from the banking watchdog has revealed it received word of almost 80 fraud and scam cases a month in the last 12 months.
Phishing and data-gathering scams were the most common, followed by online shopping scams.
Auckland resident Rita Regmi is among a growing group of New Zealanders to fall victim to a scam. In May, she received a call from someone claiming to be from her bank's fraud team.
"They said something suspicious was happening with my account, and someone was trying to transfer money.
"To verify my details, they asked for my first name, last name, date of birt...
