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Mobile app aims to stop kiwis getting caught out by text scams

17:44 pm on 3 August 2023

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It might seem like you're stuck in scamdemic. Bombed by texts, tempting you with phantom packages for pick up, or warning you of overdue tolls.

Well a kiwi mobile payment app reckons it could have the solution in an automated scam verification tool for iphones.

It filters scam SMS messages and dumps them in a junk folder.

Dolla founder and CEO Ben Lynch spoke to Lisa Owen.