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Re: Beware - Halifax scam
Grammatical or spelling mistakes don't always prove that something is fake.
I had a letter (of the postal variety) from my bank a few months ago asking me to contact them: "re regarding your account". When I pointed out to them that "re regarding" didn't actually make sense the reply I got was "oh it's a preprinted letter we just type in what it's about." So if "re" is already there then they should have enough sense not to type in "regarding"! If both are preprinted then I suggest they need to re-program the pre-printed letters.
The bit which frustrated me most was that the dopey looking bank clerk didn't seem to understand what was wrong with the way it was worded. She thought I was objecting to the abbreviation "re"!
As for the phishing scams. There must be many people who fall for them otherwise they wouldn't keep doing it. The more these things are brought to people's attention the better. I haven't had any for a while, but having said that I'll probably get loads now.
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