Always look at the address bar. If it's not the government site, or the one you really want... don't click on anything.
If anyone is still using a cursor, as I have to on my PC, hovering it over an email address quickly tells you if it's genuine.
I have just received what looked like a genuine IRD mail telling me I had a tax rebate of $254 due.
It even had the IRD govt.nz suffix, although the address before the @ sign was a bit suspicious.
I knew I didn't have a rebate due but went to my own, private IRD page ( lots of security hoops to jump through, happily) just to check. Nothing.
The scammers are getting smarter, so we have to be as well.
apple trees not flowering this year. Anyone else?
Lack of public toilets in towns.