A Pakuranga man’s mum was nearly scammed thousands of dollars by someone from Christchurch. An Auckland family is warning people to check their credit histories after scammers tried to take out of thousands of dollars in loans under their mother’s name. Shanil Sharma from Auckland’s Pakuranga said his mum, a 56-year-old retirement village care worker, nearly lost $37,000 to scammers. Sharma, 35, said the scammers applied for loans to several banks and a string of finance companies over a year, using his mother’s details.
