allianceleicestersucks dot com

p1an0player

appears to take me to the main a&l site

does anyone know if it's dodgy ?!

MrsTinks

It doesn't take you to the "main site" - the address remains allianceleicestersucks dot com so it's a different site which looks exactly like the main A&L site. Whether or not it's actually dodgey is hard to tell, but don't trust it regardless. Always put in the correct url to the secure site you want to access to minimise the risks

mluton

Both Domains are registered to the same address. A weird Domain to secure.

Registrant:
Alliance & Leicester Plc
Group Legal Services Secretariat
Customer Service Centre
Narborough
Leicester, Leicestershire LE19 0AL
GB
Domain name: ALLIANCELEICESTERSUCKS.COM

Registrant:
Alliance & Leicester Plc
Group Legal Services Secretariat
Customer Service Centre
Narborough
Leicester, Leicestershire LE19 0AL
GB
Domain name: ALLIANCELEICESTER.COM

savagej

It is not weird it makes complete sense.

They are not the only UK company that has done exactly the same thing, ScottishPower certainly have.

It became very popular in the US to set up site with those types of names to put up derogatory information about the company so the companies started buying up those domain names themselves.

p1an0player

Thanks everyone for your comments
I believe their main site is:

https://www.alliance-leicester.co.uk

which confusingly has a hypen in the name unlike the sites mluton mentions, and also there is a typo on the main page under "credit cards", they spelt Leicester as Liecester (which would be an indicator of a fake site)!

savagej

I think they will probably have a few variations on their URL to make sure no one "steals" their identity and they have to litigate to get the site closed down.

The wrong spelling of Leicester is probably down to the person who created the webpage making a typo, I think they read this website and I am sure if you keep an eye on it it will probably be fixed fairly quickly.