In detail: How to spot a phish

Phishing e-mails that try to make you hand over confidential details are becoming more common.

In July 2006, the Anti-Phishing Working Group got reports about 23,670 unique phishing scams.

The trick seems to be catching a lot of people out too. In 2005 UK losses from phishing scams stood at £23.2m.

In this gallery we give you some handy hints on how to spot the signatures of the phish.