A woman has been arrested in Hamilton after she allegedly used fake bank transfers to scam people out of $100,000 worth of items through online marketplaces. <\/p>\n
Police said an investigation was launched after reports of similar scams, and are now warning people to “never trust a screenshot”. <\/p>\n
“It is believed marketplace sellers have met with the woman, who has then allegedly provided fake bank transfers to purchase and receive the item,” Detective Sergeant Logan Oliver said. <\/p>\n
Over the last two months, the 26-year-old woman allegedly received $100,000 worth of “high-value items”, including vehicles and electronic goods. <\/p>\n
Police identified the woman, and she was taken into custody. <\/p>\n
She appeared in the Hamilton District Court yesterday charged with seven counts of using a forged document, one charge of theft, and one charge of take\/obtain\/use a document for pecuniary advantage. <\/p>\n
The woman was remanded on bail and was due to reappear in court on July 31. <\/p>\n
Oliver said it was a reminder for sellers using online marketplaces to take steps to avoid scams. <\/p>\n
“When you’re selling, never trust a screenshot anyone shows or sends you that says a payment has been made. Check your own bank account to make sure payment has gone through.<\/p>\n
“Alternatively, it is best for all parties to agree to pay, or be paid, for items in cash and in-person. Ideally in a public place with CCTV coverage.<\/p>\n
“If you believe you may have been victim of a scam or seem this situation may be familiar, please report the matter to police.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman has been arrested in Hamilton after she allegedly used fake bank transfers to scam people out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[67,9001,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-531261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-hamilton-waikato","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531261","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=531261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}