Scam Warning
Beware of any scams that might misrepresent us by claiming to offer discounts, offers, emails, gift cards or vouchers from Books for Caterpillars.
Common methods used by scammers would be to make contact with you, to lure you into divulging personal information about yourself, to deceive you into believing they are representing us so that you might share your financial information or banking account details with them. Please be mindful of the following methods scammers often use:
- Asking you to click on a link that directs you to a malicious website.
- Receiving an email and a link claiming to be from us.
- Asking you to call a specific phone number and person that is pretending to be us, or a staff member from Books for Caterpillars.
- Receiving a phone call from a person or organization that is pretending to be us, or a staff member from Books for Caterpillars.
- Receiving a letter, advertisement in your letterbox or postal box that is claiming to be us.
- Asking you to give your debit/credit card details, bank account numbers, or contact details to them.
- Paying a shipping fee for a free gift or voucher.
Books for Caterpillars in no way would conduct our business activities in the way described above. We will never ask for your personal details, financial details, debit/credit card details, bank account number details through unsolicited advertising or marketing schemes that do not originate from our Company or trading entities such as Books for Caterpillars.
While the above list only covers some scenarios, we cannot cover all fraudulent situations. Books for Caterpillars are encouraged to report scams to scam@reportspam.co.nz.
We encourage you to be familiar with scams in New Zealand by seeking information from the Department of Internal Affairs website.
You may also be interested in another reporting agency called Netsafe. You might want to report the incident at https://report.netsafe.org.nz/.
If you have any further concerns about scammers or online fraud, please send us an email to admin@booksforcaterpillars.com.
Remember, if it's too good to be true then it probably is.