Auckland Chinese restaurants targeted in $15,000 fake abalone booking scam
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Offshore scammers are targeting Chinese restaurants in Auckland with fake bookings. These criminals pretend to be located in New Zealand to deceive business owners. They demand pre-payments for overseas suppliers as part of the group function bookings. These fraudulent activities have resulted in losses of 15,000 dollars.
Offshore scammers pretending to be in New Zealand are demanding pre-payments for overseas suppliers before making group function bookings.