Online Scams and Schemes

Phishing means

• Using a phishing pole in the water and catching phish

• Someone could've been more careful with spell check

• Websites and emails created to trick you

• A new dance craze

Can you get an email scam from someone even if you never gave your email to that person?

• No, you can only receive a scam from someone you know

• Yes, Phishing scammers harvest email addresses

• No, only if you give out your email to family and friends

• No, but I am not sure why

Which of the following is a tip to avoid falling for scams?

• Thinking before you click

• Read the fine print

• Do research on a company before giving out personal informat

• All of the above

Online personality tests are

• A fun way to learn more about yourself

• A way for cybercriminals to collect facts about you

• The way I figure out who to be friends with

• None of the above

If you receive a phishing email you should

• Report it to antiphishing.com or spam.uce.gov

• nothing

• Ignore everything you learned

• Forward it to ten friends so you will have good luck

Sending personal information like a social security or credit card number by email is ok if

• It is to my favorite teacher

• It is to my mom

• It is to my bank

• Never

Malware refers to...

• malicious software

• spam filter

• the battery on your computer

• a blank computer screen

A type of crime in which your private information is stolen and used for criminal activity.

• identity theft

• spam

• phishing

• hoax

An s added to the http means…

• stable

• secure

• safe

• saucy

A type of malware designed to block access to a computer system until a sum of money is paid.

• phishing

• malware

• ransomware

• hoax