Phishing Scams

​What is Phishing?

Multiple Choice

What is the number 1 motivation why phishers want to collect your information?

• So they can join your family for dinner

• So they can steal your money and possibly your identity

• So they can be like you when they grow up

​What kind of information do thieves want?

• Your name, address and date of birth

• City/town where you were born

• Social Security number

• Your age/grade/school

• Mother’s maiden name

• Father’s middle name

• Favorites (pets, food, etc.)

• Other personal information

​Why do they want this information?

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• To access your accounts

• To learn your answers to the most common security questions

• To open accounts in your name

• To convince you to give them money

• ​To create a profile for future use (ie: identity theft)

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Multiple Select

Why do people fall for phishing scams? Select all correct answers.

• Messages appear to come from well known and trustworthy websites. 

• They feel sorry for the person sending the email.

• The email seems very urgent, and people worry that their accounts have been compromised.

• Many people don't know how to recognize phishing.

​How can you tell if a message is FAKE ?  

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• Impersonal Greeting (says “Dear Customer” or similar)

• Obvious grammatical errors​

• Urgent message and a button or link to click

• Call to update account information or enter a password

• Email address doesn’t match the name OR company name has extra words attached (ie: Amazoncloudprime.com instead of Amazon.com)

• not a secure URL (http:// versus https://)

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Practice: What tells you this email is fake?

Multiple Choice

What should you do if you suspect an email is fake?

• Take a screenshot, Then, email the screenshot to [e-mail].

• Forward the email to your teacher.

• Click on any links to see where they go.

• Reply to the sender to tell them you know it's fake.