Internet fraud is fast growing. The victim is tricked by a legitimate looking website and effective marketing into giving their credit card details in exchange for what they believe to be goods and services.
There are a number of ways you can check the legitimacy of a financial services website and company. If you are concerned you should check that the website you are visiting matches the registered website for the company. You can do this by either checking the company’s registered details with their regulator or contacting a registered contact for the company.
For further information about financial services scams please see the FSA consumer information site.
http://www.fsa.gov.uk/Pages/consumerinformation/scamsandswindles/index.shtml