Phishing and Scams

What is social engineering?

• content that tricks you into revealing personal information

• creating events that allow shy people the opportunity to interact

• using math and engineering knowledge to create useful tools

What personal information might a phisher try to trick you into revealing?

• credit card numbers

• login and password information

• all of these

• Social Security number

Where might you find social engineering attacks?

• webpages

• email

• online ads

• all of these

What should you do if you receive an email that says it is from someone or a business you know asking for personal information?

• Reply and ask them if they would like more personal information for their records.

• Go ahead and reply and give them the information they want. They must know who you are if they sent you an email.

• Open a new window and type in the official address of the company or person you know to be sure you're providing information to the correct business or person.

What should you look for in the URL to make sure that a site is safe before adding personal information?

• https: and a padlock

• www. and a globe symbol

• that it ends with .com

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If you receive a message that your computer has a virus, you should . . .

• download the fix immediately!

• be suspicious because they can't tell if your computer has a virus.

• send them your credit card information right away to get help!

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