Email Safety Quiz

What is email spoofing?

• Sending a birthday card by email

• Pretending to be someone else in an email

• Writing a silly message to a friend

• Sending a link to your favorite game

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Why do scammers spoof emails?

• To make friends

• To help people with their homework

• To trick people into sharing private info

• To send jokes and memes

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Which of these might be a fake (spoofed) email?

• An email from your teacher about a homework assignment

• An email from a stranger offering $250 for doing nothing

• A message from your school about tomorrow’s lunch

• A reminder from your library

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What is one way to spot a spoofed email?

• It has emojis in it

• It asks you to watch a movie

• It asks for your name, phone number, or other personal info

• It uses your favorite color

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What should you do if an email feels weird or suspicious?

• Reply right away

• Click the link to see what happens

• Forward it to everyone you know

• Tell an adult and don’t click on anything

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Why shouldn’t you open weird links or attachments in emails?

• They might make your computer tell jokes

• They might open a game

• They could hide something bad like a virus

• They take you to fun websites

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If an email says you won a prize but you didn’t enter anything, what should you do?

• Celebrate and send your info

• Click fast before you lose it

• Ask a friend to reply for you

• Stop and think — it’s probably a trick

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If you're not sure if an email is real, what should you do?

• Reply and ask who they are

• Call or message the real person using info you already know

• Send your password just in case

• Ignore it forever

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Getting sensitive information by disguising as a trustworthy entity in electronic communication

• Investment scam

• Pyramid Schemes

• Banking scam

• Phishing scam

A recipient of an email is...

• SPAM Email

• The person you are sending an email to.

• the subject

• The person who sends you an email.

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