Nexio - I.T. Solutions and Servicing

16/09/2024

Modern scams are getting increasingly creative, be careful out there!

Police are aware of a recent overseas rise in scams which involve an unexpected package being sent to addresses with a gift and a QR code inside.

Police believe this scamming method could find its way to New Zealand and we are urging people to be vigilant.

The gift will have the recipients address, but not include the sender's information or be from a known retailer. When the recipient opens the package to see what it is and possibly who sent it, there is a QR code to scan to find out who sent the gift.

The QR code allows the offenders to then access any and all data on your phone or device you used to scan the code, including financial information such as your bank account login details, and personal data.

Police are urging anyone who receives one of these gifts not to scan the QR code, the gift can either be kept or discarded, but do not scan the QR code.

Please report information to Police online at https://www.police.govt.nz/use-105 or call Police on 105.

10/07/2023

There are quite a few convincing scams going around at the moment, read up on them and how to keep yourself safe:

Scammers pretending to be banks, Waka Kotahi and the police have been catching people out.

23/11/2021

Please be aware that there is currently an upward trend of scammers trying to take advantage of us opening back up. If you get an email you are unsure of please do not click any links either go to the website yourself or call them an confirm. Sometimes you can identify it as a scam by the email address it is coming from, as you can see from this email i got today:

29/09/2021

03/06/2021

Friendly reminder not to post your private details on social media, lest they be used to crack your passwords!

PSA: Just. Stop. Posting. Responses to this crap. It’s social engineering. They are designed to get password hints, among other things. Tell your friends, too. And their friends.

05/04/2021

If you’re aSuper Gold card holder, you can save $5 off your Pay Monthly Mobile plan or $5-10 off your broadband at 2 Degrees!

Plus if you're a 2degrees Pay Monthly mobile customer, you'll be eligible to save an additional $10 per month off selected Broadband plans.

03/02/2020

Our fraud team has seen a few instances of this sophisticated NZTA email scam.

The scam email takes unsuspecting people to a webpage to renew their vehicle licence (rego) and asks for many personal details such as NZ driver licence details and banking information.

NZTA says: If you’ve recently received an email asking you to renew your rego, please check the email details carefully. Genuine Transport Agency emails always use an nzta.govt.nz suffix.

If the email was genuinely sent from the Transport Agency, it will include your specific vehicle details including:
your vehicle’s plate number
vehicle make
the expiry date of your current vehicle licence.
If the email you received does not include your specific vehicle details, do not complete the online renewal transaction webpage that the email takes you to.

For more info: https://nzta.govt.nz/media-releases/nz-transport-agency-urging-all-customers-to-be-wary-of-virtual-identity-theft-email-and-website-scam/

21/02/2019

Here are a couple of really cool ways you can use your Gmail address that I was unaware of.

Posted by Robby Stein, Associate Product Marketing Manager I recently discovered some little-known ways to use your Gmail address that can g...

10/02/2019

https://techcrunch.com/2019/02/08/spotify-will-now-suspend-or-terminate-accounts-it-finds-are-using-ad-blockers/

Spotify will take a harder stance on ad blockers in its updated terms of service. In an email to users today, the streaming music and podcast platform said its new user guidelines “mak[e] it clear that all types of ad blockers, bots and fraudulent streaming activities are not permitted.” Account...

14/06/2018

A new version of iOS will block a controversial loophole that law enforcement agencies have leveraged in order to crack into locked iPhones. In an upcoming version of iOS (likely iOS 12), Apple will include a feature known as USB Restricted Mode, which limits access to a locked iPhone through its USB port.

A new version of iOS will block a controversial loophole that law enforcement agencies have leveraged in order to crack into locked iPhones. In an upcoming version of iOS (likely iOS 12), Apple wil…

11/06/2018

The number of complaints filed by Kiwi scamming victims to cybersecurity watchdog group CERT NZ has spiked during the first three months of this year to 506 - the highest number on record.

Kiwis are losing up to $500 million annually to international scammers.

28/08/2017

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