Phishing

What is phishing?

• scams through websites
• scams through emails
• scams through phone calls
• scams through text messages

What is suspicious about this email?

• Generic greeting 
• URL does not match
• all the above

Is this site authentic?

• Yes
• No

Sara finds a message on her phone that she thinks might be a scam.  She should:

• Forward the message to her friends to see if they think it's a scam too.
• Reply and ask the sender not to send more mail.
• Delete the message.

When people send you phony emails, pop-up messages, social media messages, texts, calls, or links to fake websites in order to hook you into giving out your personal and financial information.

• Plagiarizing
• Skimming
• Phishing
• Identity Theft

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Select the Phishing Schemes that apply to the following email:
From:  [e-mail]
Subject:  Account Status
Attention US Bank Customer,
Due to a recent security check on your account, we require you to confirm your details.  Failure to do so within 24 hours will lead to account suspension.  Sorry for the inconveenince.
Click here to confirm your account

Regards,
US Bank Online Customer Service
This email has been sent by US Bank.
                                                         

• Generic greeting & Link to email
• Sense of urgency & Spelling errors
• Need to verify account info
• ALL of the previous choices are in the email.

Teens are some of the most frequent targets of identity theft and other scams. Why?

• Identity thieves look for “clean” Social Security numbers that haven’t yet been used to get credit.
• Thieves want to help teens get student loans for college
• It will help teens do better in school
• Identity thieves are just testing teens to see if they will fall for their scams

Pretending to be banks, the IRS or some other organization and sending you an email or a letter (or even make a phone call) asking for personal information is called

• Surfing
• Fishing
• Phishing
• Sailing

They may get into your computer or another computer system, including schools, credit card companies, and other places maintaining personal information.

• Hoping
• Heaving
• Hacking
• Heckling

To prevent identity theft use one of these on credit card, bank and cell phone accounts.

• Combination lock
• Password
• A piece of tape to cover up the number
• A fake name