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The key to avoiding a phishing scam is to be aware.

• true
• false

An email from your boss asks for the name, addresses, and credit card information of the company’s top clients. The email says it’s urgent and to please reply right away. You should reply right away. True or False?

• true
• false

You get a text message from a vendor who asks you to click on a link to renew your password so that you can log in to its website. You should:

• Reply to the text to confirm that you really need to renew your password
• Pick up the phone and call the vendor, using a phone number you know to be correct, to confirm that the request is real.
• Click on the link. If it takes you to the vendor’s website, then you’ll know it’s not a scam.

You go to the Paypal website and notice the following. This is what??

• Pishing

• Vishing

• Smishing

• Pharming

Email authentication can help protect against phishing attacks. True or False?

• true
• false

If you fall for a phishing scam, what should you do to limit the damage?

• Delete the phishing email.

• Unplug the computer. This will get rid of any malware.

• Inform IT and / or IT Security

"Your account has been accesed" is a sentence that crooks will send you in an email to make you click on their link

• YES
• NO

If you receive a phishing email you should click on their links and send your information.

• YES
• NO

What is vishing?

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

You should never be suspicious of emails that ask for your personal information.

• YES
• NO