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Prizefinder.co.uk - scammers?
digitaltoast
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In a moment of madness, a friend used prizefinder.co.uk to check premium bonds. [edited to clarify it is .co.uk and not .com - thanks josie301!]
He then thought "hang on, this doesn't look official".
So, I tried it myself with some random numbers - quell surprise, I hadn't won, but what I HAD won was a whole load of new spam to a unique spamtrap throwaway address I'd setup just for that.
So, be warned.... we called NS&I and told them about the site; it sounds like this wasn't the first call they'd had recently, and they are "investigating and will write to him if they are concerned".
He then thought "hang on, this doesn't look official".
So, I tried it myself with some random numbers - quell surprise, I hadn't won, but what I HAD won was a whole load of new spam to a unique spamtrap throwaway address I'd setup just for that.
So, be warned.... we called NS&I and told them about the site; it sounds like this wasn't the first call they'd had recently, and they are "investigating and will write to him if they are concerned".
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To be honest I would never use any site other than NS&I for checking my numbers
And just to clarify:
Prizefinder.com is a completely different site - I know a lot of folk here use as an alternate source of comps.Jo x2007:£5181.09 2008: £6619.70 2009: £4284.49 2010: £5213.14 2011: £4980.62 2012: £3188.52
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