Phishing Scams

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.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

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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

Never give this out over the phone, through email or on the Internet.

• Personal Information
• Free money
• Tomorrow's lunch choices
• Baseball scores

What is the most common way to receive a phishing scam?

• Text message
• Email
• Downloading films
• Unsafe wesbites

How can you detect a phishing scam?

• The companies logo is on the email
• The email asks for information the company should already know
• The email is sent directly to you
• The email ends with @paypal.co.uk

Which is NOT a phishing feature?

• sense of urgency
• addressed to you
• link to website
• generic greeting

Phishing is

• using a fishing pole to catch fish.
• luring someone into giving out private information.
• pretending to be someone you're not.
• being at high risk of attack or harm

If you receive a suspicious email, you should

• open it up and click on any links.
• reply to the sender asking them to leave you alone.
• delete the email without opening it.
• delete your email account.

The best way to avoid phishing is to

• be skeptical about any online requests for personal information.
• stay off social media.
• not share your email address.
• use the same password for all accounts.

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

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