A rego renewal scam claiming to be from Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has reemerged and started making the rounds again.
It originally appeared in 2021 but has reemerged lately with Kiwis taking to Reddit to warn others about the scam.
A user highlighted the scam by posting a picture of the legitimate-looking email and urging people to beware.
And it caught Kiwis’ attention with one person commenting, “This post is right on time. I just got one of these. While another person added, “Looks legit, dam that’s scary (sic)”.
The scam comes in an email and tells Kiwis their license plate number is about to expire and gives an expiry date that is generally on the same day as the email is received.
NZTA told Newshub scammers are “very persistent”.
“Their use of both fake vehicle licensing and driver licence reminder emails and texts are known problems,” a Waka Kotahi spokesperson said.
“Waka Kotahi works with Police, CERT NZ and Netsafe to combat these activities, but they are persistent and constant threat.”
NZTA says the email is fake and contains links that direct people to an illegitimate website that looks identical to the real one.
