STUDENTS in Barry are being warned that fraudsters will seek to steal their student finance over the festive period.

The Student Loans Company is advising students to be vigilant against fraudsters sending phishing emails, aiming to access their second student finance instalments which are due to be paid in early January.

The company is also calling for students to forward any student finance phishing emails to them, to ensure they can close them down to protect other students.

Students should send any suspicious student finance emails to:

phishing@slc.co.uk