U3C2 Privacy and Security Test Review

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

Lucy finds a message on her phone that she thinks might be a scam. What should she do?

• Delete the message

• Click Accept

• Forward the message to her friends to see what they think.

• Reply and ask the sender not to send more mail.

What's the most common way scammers use phishing?

• Scams through websites

• Scams through phone calls

• Scams through email/text

• all of the above

Never give this out over the phone, through email or on the Internet. It is info about you that can be used to identify you because it is unique to you.

• Free money

• personal information

• baseball scores

• tomorrow's lunch choices

How can you detect a phishing scam?

• The email ends with @paypal.co.uk

• The company's logo is on the email.

• The email is sent directly to you.

• The email asks for info the company should have.

Which is NOT a phishing feature?

• sense of urgency

• link to website

• addressed to you directly

• generic greeting

What is the best way to avoid phishing?

• Be skeptical about online requests for personal information.

• Do not share your email address.

• Stay off social media.

• Use the same password for your accounts.

If you receive a suspicious email, you should

• Open it 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.

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

• Identification

• Burglary

• Identity theft

• Digital Larceny

Why would an identity thief most likely want to steal your information?

• To imitate you in chat rooms and on message boards.

• To access your bank accounts, credit cards, and other financial resources.

• to send you emails advertising stuff you'd never want.

• to send viruses out from your email account.