I know most people here are probably aware of "phishing" scams... emails pretending to be from a legitimate source, usually banks etc, tricking you into visiting a page that looks identical to what you're used to seeing, and "validating" your details... usually in broken english, with a website address that looks like "yourbank.online.vds.e02.dodgychinese.hosting.cn/..."
There seems to be a new wave of them that are starting to get a bit more sophisticated. I've had a couple in the last few days pretending to be from all sorts of banks, and got one today that was "from" the Halifax.
The website address is ht
tp://i-halifax.com/ and as of ten minutes ago it was still working - it appears to have died now though. I have deliberately made the link non-clickable so you have to know exactly what you've done if you visit the site - I don't want to be responsible!!!
It was a direct clone of the halifax online banking page, and given the address used, I thought it was worth saying something about.
Just be aware, folks... these scams are getting clever. Learn the address of your online banking website and ALWAYS check it in the browser bar. If necessary write it on a post-it and stick it to the side of your monitor so you remember to check it every time you visit your bank's website!!
Banks will never (in my experience) ask you to visit their site directly from an email. If you do get an email asking to visit a site, you can always ring up your bank and check - they'd rather you do that than ring them to say you've been scammed!
Just a heads up