Email Hoaxes

Do your friends a favour - stop sending hoax emails

We urge email users to stop and think before forwarding hoax emails. Take a common sense approach when you receive strangely worded or sensationalist emails in your inbox - if you think the email is a hoax it probably is, so do your friends a favour and don't pass it on.

Frequently Asked Questions about hoax emails and scams

How can I tell if an email is a scam?
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How can I tell if an email is a hoax?

The Orb

The Orb has been developed by NetSafe to offer a simple and secure way to report online incidents which may break New Zealand law or breach legislation. You can use The Orb to report; spam, online traders, objectionable material, privacy breaches, scams.

Scamwatch

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs operates a website called Scamwatch, where you can find the information on the latest hoaxes and scams doing the rounds.

Police-related email hoaxes