Phishing Quiz 2

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

Phishing crooks can steal your identity and credit card information and use it to their advantage.

• true

• false

What is vishing?

• scams through websites

• scams through emails

• scams through phone calls

• scams through text messagse

A new vendor you interact with sent documents as below. Should you trust them?

• Yes

• No

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

• Pharming

• Smishing

What is smishing?

• scams through websites

• scams through emails

• scams through phone calls

• scams through text messages

You received an email with a link to a folder containing vendor documentation. When you clicked the link, you were taken to a site as seen in the image. Is this legitimate?

• Yes

• No

What is pharming?

• scam through bogus websites

• scams through emails

• scams through phone calls

• scams through text messages

What is suspicious about this email?

(select all that apply)

• Generic greeting

• Unusual email address

• Urgent content

• Fake logo