Overseas scam stings NZ firm for $NZ800k
NZ police say overseas crooks are setting up fake websites to piggyback on legitimate financial companies' claims.
POLICE are warning of a sophisticated overseas scam which uses convincing websites mimicking legitimate companies and has duped one Auckland firm out of $NZ800,000 ($A730,600).
THE latest scam involves a company called Nomura Financial based in Hong Kong and Lantern Mining in China.
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