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I got 6 right i must admit i am fairly suspicous of
any email or text from someone i don,t know

7/8 for me too. Also over cautious. It is so hard to spot what is genuine and what is not.

I scored 6/8 by being over cautious (no bad thing). If I had actually received the messages & recognised the transactions mentioned I might have trusted them more but, either way, I believe it better to call/log in independantly rather than instructed in an email

7/8 , a real eye opener. Hope I'm properly prepared now!

Interesting test to do. Clearly i don’t trust anything by text or email as i scored 6!

I got number 3 wrong.

I got 7 out of 8. The one I got wrong was a genuine one so at least I would not have fallen victim to a scam!

I scored 6/8 but I am so cautious that nything not generated by me, seems to be dodgy.

Eight out of Eight really pleased with my result x

Likewise I got one wrong by being over suspicious. I would always check first whether a message was genuine by calling a number I knew to be correct or even pop into the bank in person myself. I haven't registered to receive text alerts and never click through from emails either.

Pleased to say 8 out of 8 - but not complacent though!

I got 8/8. Sometimes there are questions of the form: which of these two is the scam? and my answer is I don't trust either. Better to phone your bank using the genuine number and find out the message is from them than risk it.

I got 7 quite pleased with that however as my school reports always used to say could do better!

Unfortunately I got 3 wrong so I'm not so smart as I thought at spotting fraud.

I got 7 out of 8. Like most of you I think I prefer to be over cautious.

As someone who always banks online I'm going to have to be more careful in the future. I only scored 5. What do they say about pride coming before a fall? So far I haven't experienced any fraudulent activity on my account but this will certainly make me more aware.

7/8 for me. It was a text message which looked ok, but was fraudulent. A lesson learnt! I don't get text messages from my bank - will check whether they have my mobile number.

I scored 8/8. Better to be over cautious than give your bank details to fraudsters.

I was shocked that I only got 6/8 right!! Thought I was really savvy . An elderly very intelligent friend was rung up by her " supposed" bank and was conned into transferring £4000.00 by Post Office bond. Luckily the Post Office picked this up and stopped the scam. She is still very distressed . Thanks for the quiz! I shall be more aware now.

7/8 for me too. Again over cautious on the one I got wrong. I think we are learning to be very cautious on line after reading about so many frauds.

I use a VPN when the Wi-fi is not secure and never store credit card details online.

After having cards scammed recently while abroad, I now keep cards in the little foil envelopes that prevents scamming. I also check every statement carefully and query anything not recognised.

6/8 but I'm just naturally suspicious!

I got 7, but it's frightening how genuine the messages seem!

I got 7 out of 8. Too cautious on last one

I got 8 out of8 which surprised and frankly delighted me, as I was nearly scammed once by a fake windows message. My OH came in at just the right time to stop me. I was very embarrassed, but at least I didn't lose any money.

7 out of 8 for me too but I would never call any numbers purporting to be from the bank or respond to texts. I'd use the numbers I have for my bank to check anything- suspicious or not! Like others here, I'm a great one for spotting poor grammar. Some phishing emails I've received would be hilarious if they weren't so evil.