Nigel Latta on why the scam industry is booming

<p><strong>Each week BusinessDesk and the NZ Herald’s Cooking the Books podcast tackles a different money problem. Today, it’s why scammers are on the rise, and how to stay ahead of them. Hosted by Frances Cook.</strong></p> <p>If you pride yourself on being great with money, and able to spot tricksters coming a mile off, I have bad news for you: you’re one of the people most at risk.</p> <p>Scams, fraudsters, and rip-off artists are everywhere right now, and it’s horrifying the number of people who are losing their hard-earned money to them.</p> <p>One of the biggest dangers to being sucked in, though, is thinking that you know all the tricks.</p> <p>People with some money knowledge are actually more likely to get taken in.</p> <p>That’s exactly what Nigel Latta learned when he started researching for his new TV show about scammers.</p> <p>And he had some first hand knowledge of the damage that scammers can do, after his mother-in-law lost thousands to them.</p> <p>If you have a question about this podcast, or a question you'd like answered in the next one, come and talk to me about it.</p> <p>I'm on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/FrancesCookNZ/">Facebook here</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/francescooknz/">Instagram her</a>e, and <a href="https://twitter.com/FrancesCook">Twitter here</a>.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>