North & South – June 2019

AnswerstoWhizQuizonpage 120

• ReaderJimHollingsworthsaysGraemeWilsonwasincorrect
  giving 1969 astheanswertoquestion4 intheMayWhizQuiz:“In
  whichyearwasTaranaki’sMāuioff-shoregasfielddiscovered?”
  Wilson’ssourcesweregasindustry.co.nz,theMinistryforthe
  EnvironmentandVector.Buthebowstoourcorrespondent’s
  insideinformation,asHollingsworthworked“intheoilpatch
  for 50 years”andsaystheMāuifield was discovered in 1968 by
  the drilling rig Discoverer 2.

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measuresinplacetoprevent
victimsbeingtargetedagain,
andsupportthemthrough
recovery.
Theagencycouldalso
co-ordinatealertstothe
public,warningthemofthe
latestscams,because,like
viruses,theymorphand
multiplybythemonth.
Thelateststatisticsshow
we’relosingthefightagainst
scammers.Weneedtogetas
smartastheyare,andmoveas
quicklyastheydo,whilealso
wrappinga securityblanket
aroundthevictims.Severalof
theagenciesmentionedabove
couldbedevelopedintoa na-
tionalresponsecentre;CFFC
wouldprovidesupportwith
ourworkinmappingindivid-
ualscams,supportingvictims
andpubliceducation.Wejust
needthepoliticalwilltobring
ustogether.
Then,the nexttimea
friendorrelativeis scammed,
oryoufallvictim(becauseas
yourstorypointsout,it’snot
a caseofifbutwhen),you
wouldknowexactlywhereto
turn.Yourdistresswouldbe
metbyprofessionalswho
wouldnotjudgeyoubut
placetheblamefirmlywhere
itbelongs,withtheoffend-
ers,andimmediatelygetto
work.Weexpectnoless
whenreporting any other
kindofcrime.
BRONWYNGROOT,
FRAUDEDUCATION
MANAGER, CFFC

CHEQUEMATE
Underthewaystoavoid
scams,yourMaycover-story
says,regardingidentitytheft,
“Don’tdoonlinebankingor
shoppingatwifihotspots.”I
have never done online bank-

ingorshoppingorevenused

eftpos.I payallmybillsby

chequeorcashobtainedfrom

mybank,whenI cashcheques,

asI feelit is muchsafer.

I wasrecentlygiventhe

alarmingnewsbymybank

thatnextyearallNewZea-

landbankswillstopissuing

chequesatthesametime.

Itseemstheyfearifoneor

twobankscontinueusing

cheques,customers[likeme]

willshifttheirbusinessto

thosebanks.Thisfollowsthe

newsthatsometownshave

seenalltheirbankbranch

officesclosed,whichiscon-

cerningtoolderpeoplewho

preferface-to-facebanking.

Whycan’toneortwoma-

jorbankscontinuetouse

chequessoI canmakeuseof

thisservicefortherestofmy

lifewithnoriskfromthe

scammers?Thefactthisser-

viceisbeingwithdrawnby

allthebanksisunfair.

MURRAYHUNTER,

AUCKLAND

LOSSLEADERS

Peopledoneedtobemade

awareofthestrategies[used

inoverseasinvestment

frauds].Thesescalpersare

cunning.Youdonotbuyany-

thing.Youdonotownthe

shares,thecommoditiesor

thecurrenciesyouaretrad-

ing.Youareonlytradingon

prices.Youwillmakegreat

[mostlypaper]profitsatthe

start,becauseyouare“buy-

ing”,tradingonincreasing

prices.Youwillbereferred

to“independent”sitessup-

portingthescammers’rec-

ommendations.

Thenoneday,youwillbe

advisedto“sell”.Remember

you do not own what you are

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