This one made me suspicious

Received a text from the electronics retailer Argos with whom I have a store card. It came in from their number I receive confirmations of orders and so established a credibility at least to read.

You have a £ 180 refund on your Argos card, click here to activate...

I noticed it as an au (Australian) domain but I clicked.

Browser opened to a perfect replica of the Argos log in, so that's what I did.

Don't worry, I logged in as fiddlydoodle@whippersnapper.com and a password off the top of my head and do you know, I logged in first time !

I was presented with a page wanting me to supply card number, 3 digit code, address everything.

Had I supplied it, the perpetrators would have been able to purchase of those creditable card details.

Because I'd become suspicious of the au domain, I was far from swayed by the promise of a £ 180 refund and of course I know that logging in with made up credentials I'd get in.

But how about people who received this text, from what is after all the number Argos confirms transactions from and unlike me who is after all in the trade so to speak and will spot odd domains ?

I immediately reported this to Argos on Twitter and received a message asking me to forward details by DM.

Did so, but really didn't feel they'd taken the situation on board, because the crux of this matter is where the scam originated from.

I'm not holding my breath for feedback from their fraud team, but thought I'd mention it for anyone who is with Argos and thinks they've a January windfall.