Phishing Emails - Protecting Your Identity

Which of these is NOT a Red Flag to look for when determining if an email is phishing for personal info?

• Click Here!

• Improper Writing Conventions

• Sense of Urgency

• Fear Tactics

• Questionable Links

Never click a link in a suspicious email, unless...

• It's from your mom

• You can win a car

• It's time sensitive

• It's from your boss

• Unless nothing! Never means never.

If all of the (a)   are the same (in an official-looking email) it's probably a scam!

• Links
• Words
• Fish
• Pictures
• Windows

Correctly match the following

• Sense of Urgency

• Email is from: [e-mail]

• Improper Writing Conventions

• Bananas

• Gorilla

• Your account will be terminated!

• Fear Tactic

• jeff, you has a package waiting fro you

• Questionable Link

• Act Now! Before your account is Terminated!

"Account has been loss! Please click the link below with in 24 hours to Recover Account before its to late!"

What Red Flags can you find in the above sentence?

(Select all that apply)

• Improper Writing Conventions

• Fear Tactics

• Sense of Urgency

• Too Good to be True

• All answers are correct

If you receive a suspicious email, the first thing you should do is...

• click the link

• take a break

• close the email

• reboot computer

• look for red flags

If you look diligently, but do NOT find any red flags in a suspicious email...

(Select all that apply)

• it's safe and okay to click any links

• you can assume the email is safe

• be thankful and visit the website via the link in the email

• visit the official website via Google search and log into your account

• lookup the company's number in saved contacts and call customer service

The term, "phishing" came about in 1996 when hackers were trying to steal (a)  

• AOL account passwords
• cheese and crackers
• bars of gold
• MySpace accounts and passwords
• Facebook accounts and passwords
• bitcoin

What can happen if you click a link in a suspicious email?

(Select all that apply)

• Absolutely nothing. It's all a myth.

• It will shock your finger tip.

• An angel gets their wings.

• A trojan virus can automatically download to your computer.

• You can allow a hacker access to your private information.

How much money did Americans lose in 2022 from internet scammers, according to the FBI?

• I million dollars

• 5 million dollars

• In an ABC news article (dated May 2023) The FBI reported that Americans lost 10.3 BILLION dollars, but this information wasn't on the slides.

• I'm guessing it's the longest answer