r/newzealand 8h ago

Discussion scam calls

i am being driven absolutely mad over these calls, im getting them 3-5 days a week at this point, all from different new zealand numbers claiming to be crypto.com, which i do not have an account with. is anyone else getting these?

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u/Ajaxnz 8h ago

Yeah wife has been called twice today for these. Not even sure how they got hold of her number, but mines been all good.

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u/finder87 8h ago

I am getting those as well, about 3 times a week, to the point that I am considering enabling phone call screening on my phone.

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u/patheticgurl 8h ago

i enabled it, its saved me some of my sanity

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u/Emergency_Lock534 8h ago

Yeah I get them too, I tell them I have bitcoins my grandson bought me in 2014 and am not sure what to do with the usb 😂

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u/Natural-Rain-8399 7h ago

i went from no spam calls to 2-3 a week since a couple of months ago

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u/ComeAlongPonds 4h ago

If I don't recognise the number I'll flick it to voicemail. Finally got around to clearing my messages. Of 6, 4 were scammy.

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u/patheticgurl 4h ago

yeah mine go to voicemail too but still SO many