Two 'Tech Support' scammers have been arrested in the US recently in a scam that I don't think I've discussed before - the online Ad. Tech Support Scam. Here's the article from Techspot. The access point for these scams are those ridiculous ads that pop up on less reputable websites. You will have seen them - 'Doctors [...]

I received an email from Cambridge Neighbourhood Support this week, which you can follow on Facebook. It hadn't really occurred to me before but of course this is another resource for local news and assistance relating to scam activity as well. The email detailed a particular scam that has been reported locally to the Cambridge Police. [...]

There is a sophisticated scam doing the rounds at the moment - an email purporting to be from the IRD, offering refunds. It looks all very official, you can check out what the scam email looks like in this article in Stuff. And it's almost perfectly timed to coincide with the real tax refunds that [...]