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How to know if a Bank website is real or fake

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  • 18cc
    18cc Posts: 2,120 Forumite
    yes be very careful about the padlock - you could have a nice secure encrypted link to a scammers fake website and the padlock would be there. As above, all the padlock means is that the link is encrypted.

    click on the padlock to view the certificate and who you are connected to.
  • Wester
    Wester Posts: 257 Forumite
    Murmansk wrote: »
    You know it's a fake one when, on logging into your account and putting in incorrect details, it appears to let you in.





    I must give this a go sometime if I get the chance
  • One other thing you can do is check to see if the website uses https: in the url, it shows that the website is properly encrypted.
  • eskbanker
    eskbanker Posts: 37,079 Forumite
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    AlanHobbs wrote: »
    One other thing you can do is check to see if the website uses https: in the url, it shows that the website is properly encrypted.
    One other thing you can do is to read the above posts from yesterday afternoon, so as to understand that taking any comfort from the use of https isn't particularly helpful when trying to validate fake versus real sites, for the reasons already explained....
  • SeeMe
    SeeMe Posts: 343 Forumite
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    18cc wrote: »

    However, it is much more secure to access your bank account from a smartphone app.


    Never knew that good to know.
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