From time to time we receive reports that New World customers are being targeted by online scams in the form of display ads, pop-up ads and emails.
Here's what to watch out for.
Scam alert - 20 Aug 2020
There is currently a scam competition being advertised from a fake Facebook account, which lures customers into clicking on a link and register an account in order to win a 'Tortilla Pocket Kit'.
This has not been sent by New World, and we recommend that you do not click or share any links, do not ring any number or provide any personal information. If you're ever unsure about the legitimacy of a competition, please contact us.
Scam alert - 14 May 2020
We are aware of a scam email being sent to customers saying that their 'Club' points will expire, and a link to 'see points'.
This has not been sent by New World, and we recommend that you do not click or share any links, do not ring any number or provide any personal information. If you're ever unsure about the legitimacy of a competition, please contact us.
Scam alert - 6 May 2020
There is currently a scam competition being advertised on Facebook, promoting that New World is giving gifts to people born in a certain month. This promotion lures customers into ringing a phone number and answering quiz questions on the phone in order to win a $500 gift voucher.
This is not a New World promotion, and we recommend that you do not click or share any links, do not ring any number or provide any personal information. If you're ever unsure about the legitimacy of a competition, please contact us.
Scam alert - 5 May 2020
There is currently a scam promotion being advertised on Facebook, which lures customers into sharing a link to receive a $200 coupon.
This is not a New World promotion, and we recommend that you do not click or share any links, or provide any personal information. If you're ever unsure about the legitimacy of a competition, please contact us.
Scam alert - 8 April 2020
There is currently a scam promotion being advertised on Facebook, which lures customers into sharing a link to receive a $150 voucher.
This is not a New World promotion, and we recommend that you do not click or share any links, or provide any personal information. If you're ever unsure about the legitimacy of a competition, please contact us.
Scam alert - 6 April 2020
There is currently a scam competition being advertised on Facebook, which lures customers into clicking on a link in order to win a £150 gift voucher.
This is not a New World promotion, and we recommend that you do not click or share any links, or provide any personal information. If you're ever unsure about the legitimacy of a competition, please contact us.
Scam alert - 6 April 2020
We are aware of a scam email being sent to people saying that their email address was selected to win a $1000 New World Gift Card. This has not been sent by New World and we recommend that you do not click any links or provide any of your personal details to them. If you're ever unsure about the legitimacy of an email, please contact us.
Scam alert - 23 March 2020
There is currently a scam promotion being advertised on Snapchat, which lures customers into answering a survey to be in to win a $1000 Gift Card.
This is not a New World promotion, and we recommend that you do not click or share any links, or provide any personal information. If you're ever unsure about the legitimacy of a competition, please contact us.
Scam alert - 11 March 2020
There is currently a scam promotion being advertised on Facebook, which lures customers into sharing a link to receive a $100 voucher.
This is not a New World promotion, and we recommend that you do not click or share any links, or provide any personal information. If you're ever unsure about the legitimacy of a competition, please contact us.
Scam alert - 10 March 2020
We are aware of a scam competition ran by a fake Facebook account named New World Club, which lures customers into sharing and commenting a post to win "one year of free groceries".
This is not a New World Competition and has not been posted by New World. This is not our official account. We recommend that you do not click on any links or provide any personal information. If you're ever unsure about the legitimacy of a competition, please contact us.
Scam alert - 2 March 2020
We are aware of a scam competition ran by a fake Facebook account named New World_NZ, which lures customers into clicking on a link to win a 'Baby gift Basket'.
This is not a New World Competition and has not been posted by New World. This is not our official account. We recommend that you do not click on any links or provide any personal information. If you're ever unsure about the legitimacy of a competition, please contact us.
Scam alert - 24 February 2020
There is currently a scam competition being sent to customers, asking them to complete a survey to get the chance to win a New World $150 Gift Card.
This is not a New World survey or competition, and we recommend that you do not click on any links or provide any personal information. If you're ever unsure about the legitimacy of a competition, please contact us.
Scam alert - 21 February 2020
We are aware of a scam competition being promoted on Facebook by a fake New World Facebook account.It is asking customers to play an online game to "win" $100 New World birthday voucher.
This is not a New World Promotion, and has not been posted by New World. We recommend that you do not click on any links or provide any personal information. If you're ever unsure about the legitimacy of a competition, please contact us.
All and any promotions will feature on our Facebook page or here on our website, so make sure you check these pages first.
Scam alert - 19 January 2020
We are aware of a scam email sent to people saying that their New World points will expire. This has not been sent by New World and we recommend that you do not click any links or provide any of your personal details to them. If you're ever unsure about the legitimacy of an email, please contact us.
Scam alert - 15 January 2020
We are aware of fake text messages and emails being sent to customers notifying them that they have been chosen as a winner of a promotion.
This has not been sent by New World and we recommend that you do not click any links or provide any of your personal details to them.
Scam Alert - 10 January 2020
There is currently a scam competition being promoted on Facebook by a fake New World Facebook account.It is asking customers to click on a link to "win" $50 New World voucher. This is not a New World Competition and has not been posted by New World. This is not our official account. We recommend that you do not click on any links or provide any personal information. If you're ever unsure about the legitimacy of a competition, please contact us
Scam Alert - 10 January 2020
There is currently a scam competition being promoted on Facebook by a fake New World Facebook account. It’s very similar to a competition that we are running, but it is being run on a “New World Supermarket” page which is a fake New World page. This is not a New World Competition and has not been posted by New World. This is not our official account. We recommend that you do not click on any links or provide any personal information. If you're ever unsure about the legitimacy of a competition, please contact us
Scam Alert - 9 January 2020
We are aware of a scam competition ran by a fake Facebook account with the same name as ours, 'New World', which lures customers into sharing and commenting on their post to win a 'year of free groceries'.
This is not a New World Competition and has not been posted by New World. This is not our official account. We recommend that you do not click on any links or provide any personal information. If you're ever unsure about the legitimacy of a competition, please contact us.
Scam Alert - 3 December 2019
We are aware of a scam email sent to people reminding them to claim their "$2,000 New World voucher" prize. This has not been sent by New World and we recommend that you do not click any links or provide any of your personal details to them. If you're ever unsure about the legitimacy of an email, please contact us.
