The Government's appointed a scam-busting minister to coordinate combatting con-artists.  

Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly has been named as the minister in charge of coordinating anti-scam efforts. 

New Zealand's latest State of Scams report shows more than $2.3 billion was lost this year, up from $2.1 billion last year. 

He told Ryan Bridge that there’s six ministries that deal with scams, and a lot of good work is done both within the government and also within the industry, but it’s not coordinated as well as it could be. 

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The Government's appointed a scam-busting minister to coordinate combatting con-artists. &nbsp;
Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly has been named as the minister in charge of coordinating anti-scam efforts.&nbsp;
New Zealand's latest State of Scams report shows more than $2.3 billion was lost this year, up from $2.1 billion last year.&nbsp;
He told Ryan Bridge that there’s six ministries that deal with scams, and a lot of good work is done both within the government and also within the industry, but it’s not coordinated as well as it could be.&nbsp;
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Andrew Bayly: Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister on leading the anti-scam efforts

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