Officers attended the drop-off point and arrested a 20-year-old suspect.<\/p>\n
A similar ploy was attempted last September, when a caller requested $139,000 in cash.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen, too, he and his daughter reacted in an exemplary manner, which also led to the arrest of a courier,\u201d police said.<\/p>\n
A 40-year-old woman was arrested after turning up to collect the money.<\/p>\n
The Guardian said in both incidents, the callers falsely claimed the cash was needed to secure a relative\u2019s release after a fatal car crash.<\/p>\n
Police urged people, especially older residents, to be wary of such calls and to never share personal or banking information.<\/p>\n
Earlier this year, an elderly couple from Whang\u0101rei lost tens of thousands of dollars<\/a> after fraudsters posing as bank staff convinced them to hand over their cards and PINs.<\/p>\n NZ Seniors reported cold-call scams represented 67% of cases on their Digital Trends Report.<\/p>\n Scammers often posed as trusted organisations like the IRD, claiming money was owed or they were due a refund, or faced urgent consequences, they said.<\/p>\n Swindlers often used personal details and pressure to gain trust, and might call about computer problems, employment or visas.<\/p>\n If unsure, people were advised to hang up and call the organisation directly, or report the scam to Netsafe.<\/p>\n Sign up to Herald Premium Editor\u2019s Picks<\/a>, delivered straight to your inbox every Friday. Editor-in-Chief Murray Kirkness picks the week\u2019s best features, interviews and investigations. Sign up for Herald Premium here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Officers attended the drop-off point and arrested a 20-year-old suspect. A similar ploy was attempted last September, when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":191126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[30944,5813,14466,806,42,296,119336,130,43,119339,19525,16792,675,16156,92569,119340,119338,131,1960,40,38,41,39,49723,119337,13920,35431,13797],"class_list":["post-191125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-30944","tag-acting","tag-arrest","tag-as","tag-headlines","tag-into","tag-lures","tag-more","tag-news","tag-outsmart","tag-pensioner","tag-phone","tag-police","tag-quick","tag-scammers","tag-swindle","tag-switchedon","tag-than","tag-thinking","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-trap","tag-tricksters","tag-tried","tag-unsuspecting","tag-used"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}