# 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.

Source: https://olyclass.com/library/other-g8-online-scams-en/

- Subject: General knowledge
- Level: Grade 8
- Quiz: 16
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## Questions

1. 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)
   Answer: Tricking people into giving private information
2. Which 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.")
   Answer: "Your account is locked! Click now to verify your password."
3. 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)
   Answer: It creates urgency, like "act in 10 minutes"
4. A message with lots of spelling mistakes from a "bank" could be a scam.
   Answer: True
5. A 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)
   Answer: Probably a scam
6. What is the best response to an offer that seems too good to be true?
   Answer: Be suspicious and check it with a trusted adult
7. Before 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)
   Answer: Hover over it to see the real web address
8. Which 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)
   Answer: bluebank-login.secure-check.com
9. An email is safe if the sender's name looks familiar, because names can't be faked.
   Answer: False
10. Someone 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)
   Answer: Refuse and never share it
11. A 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)
   Answer: Never share it and hang up
12. Real companies and schools will never ask you to send your password by email.
   Answer: True
13. You 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)
   Answer: Change the password and tell an adult
14. Who 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)
   Answer: A trusted adult or teacher
15. Name one thing you can do with a scam email besides deleting it.
   Answer: Report it (as phishing or spam) or block the sender
16. Name one place or person you can report a scam message to.
   Answer: A trusted adult, teacher, the email or phone provider, or the website's report tool