6th grade Don't feed the Phish Vocab

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

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.

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.

Teens are some of the most frequent targets of identity theft and other scams. Why?

• Identity thieves look for “clean” Social Security numbers that haven’t yet been used to get credit.
• Thieves want to help teens get student loans for college
• It will help teens do better in school
• Identity thieves are just testing teens to see if they will fall for their scams

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

They may get into your computer or another computer system, including schools, credit card companies, and other places maintaining personal information.

• Hoping
• Heaving
• Hacking
• Heckling

To prevent identity theft use one of these on credit card, bank and cell phone accounts.

• Combination lock
• Password
• A piece of tape to cover up the number
• A fake name

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 suspicious about this email?

• Generic greeting 
• URL does not match
• all the above