Spotting scams and phishing
Grade 8: phishing messages, too-good-to-be-true offers, checking links and senders, never share passwords or codes, reporting scams.
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Questions
What is phishing?
- Backing up files to a cloud
- Catching fish with a net online
- Making a computer run faster
- Tricking people into giving private information
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Tricking people into giving private informationWhich message is most likely to be a phishing email?
- "Happy birthday! Hope you have a great day."
- "Here are the notes from today's lesson."
- "Your account is locked! Click now to verify your password."
- "Your class trip form is attached, see you Monday."
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"Your account is locked! Click now to verify your password."Which is a common warning sign of a phishing message?
- It comes from a friend you chat with daily
- It creates urgency, like "act in 10 minutes"
- It has no attachments or requests
- It uses your correct name and no links
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It creates urgency, like "act in 10 minutes"A message with lots of spelling mistakes from a "bank" could be a scam. (True or false?)
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TrueA stranger online says you won a free phone, but you must pay a fee first. What is this?
- A fair prize
- A safe delivery offer
- A school award
- Probably a scam
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Probably a scamWhat is the best response to an offer that seems too good to be true? (Answer out loud)
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Be suspicious and check it with a trusted adultBefore clicking a link in a message, what can you do to check it?
- Check how colourful the message is
- Click it to see where it goes
- Count the words in the message
- Hover over it to see the real web address
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Hover over it to see the real web addressWhich web address looks most like a fake of a site called "bluebank"?
- bluebank-login.secure-check.com
- bluebank.com/help
- www.bluebank.com
- www.bluebank.com/contact
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bluebank-login.secure-check.comAn email is safe if the sender's name looks familiar, because names can't be faked. (True or false?)
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FalseSomeone you met in a game asks for your password to "help you level up". What do you do?
- Refuse and never share it
- Share it if they say please
- Share it if they seem friendly
- Share only half of it
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Refuse and never share itA text with a one-time code arrives, and a caller asks you to read it out. What should you do?
- Never share it and hang up
- Read it if they know your name
- Read it if they sound polite
- Send it by text instead
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Never share it and hang upReal companies and schools will never ask you to send your password by email. (True or false?)
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TrueYou clicked a suspicious link and entered a password. What should you do first?
- Change the password and tell an adult
- Delete your device's apps
- Forward the link to all your friends
- Hide it and hope nothing happens
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Change the password and tell an adultWho is a good person to tell if you spot a scam message?
- A trusted adult or teacher
- Nobody, to avoid trouble
- Only strangers online
- The person who sent it
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A trusted adult or teacherName one thing you can do with a scam email besides deleting it. (Answer out loud)
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Report it (as phishing or spam) or block the senderName one place or person you can report a scam message to. (Answer out loud)
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A trusted adult, teacher, the email or phone provider, or the website's report tool
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