Fossil, there are scammers in NZ, too. Recently, I had an e-Mail seemingly from my bank (ANZ) wanting some correspondence. The page was identical to ANZ's except for the address. I had the sense to check.
I contacted ANZ, who put me on to the appropriate government investigator. Heard no more.

There is an article in the wife's Aussie 'That's Life' magazine where a hacker took over a girls Facebook account and sent desperate messages to all 400 of her 'friends.' "I've been mugged and injured in London, they got my money and passport, I'm in hospital...etc" Locked her out of her own page, and locked her out when she came in on a chums page, too. They got away with at least $1000 from a good guy.