http://www.jamesraposa.com/index e dot dot dot - a mostly about the Internet weblog by James Raposa en http://www.jamesraposa.com/index/2006/12/06#spoof_check Here's a simple but effective tool in the fight against <a href="http://www.techterms.org/definition/phishing" target="_blank" title="click for a definition of the term">phishing</a> and ultimately, identity theft.<br /><br />Save this as a toolbar bookmark (a bookmarklet), and use it to check if you've visited a "spoofed" site or not.<br /><br />tip: left-click and drag this site's url icon to your toolbar, then right-click it to edit its properties, and change the "location" to contain the code below, and the "name" to Spoof Check.<br /><br /><code><br />javascript:alert("The actual URL is:\t\t" + location.protocol + "//" + location.hostname + "/" + "\nThe address URL is:\t\t" + location.href + "\n" + "\nIf the server names do not match, this may be a spoof.");<br /></code><br /><!--ttag:javascript, bookmarks, scriptlets, bookmarklets-->