Scammers took over $4 million from April - June
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Scammers stole just over $4 million from New Zealanders between April and June - down by a quarter on the previous three months.
Despite that drop, more of us report being targeted by fraud attempts such as phishing, or - here's a new one - smishing.
Smishing is when text messages appear, falsely, to be from a reputable organisation, such as your bank, or telling you a parcel has been delivered.
CERT NZ's manager of threat and incident response Jordan Heersping spoke to Corin Dann.