With the advent of the internet, social media and texting, we have experienced increasingly sophisticated cyber scams in every aspect of life. Scammers use duplicated phone numbers, text message phishing, shopping scams, romance scams, ransomware, and much more targeting anyone worldwide. From any part of the world the perpetrators target anyone with access to money and/or is vulnerable.
Learn from crime and scam experts how cyber scams work in the Aotearoa New Zealand context, with a special focus on advice for the mature audience.
The intended audience are those that did not have a social media context in their education, in their life or as part of their working career.
The event will be held in Wellington and livestreamed. To register for the livestream visit our registration page.
The event will be MC’d by Lauano Sue Schwalger, Police Assistant Commissioner Investigations.
Speakers:
Sam Leggett - CERT NZ
Brent Carey - NetSafe
Dr Jordan Alexander - CEO & Founder, Love Assist Associates
Simon Howard - ZX Security
This event is being conducted by Transparency International New Zealand and The Honest Bunch Foundation (Crime Stoppers) in partnership with Cert NZ, NetSafe and the NZ Police and sponsored by The Academy Group.
