Spyware, viruses, & security : Phish or Fake? Test your Phish IQ
- 7/16/07 3:37 PM
Phish or Fake? 7 out of 10
by irishaussie - 7/21/07 4:46 PM In reply to: Phish or Fake? Test your Phish IQ by Donna Buenaventura
I got 7 out of 10 right. Like one of your other posters my reasons for answering correctly were not necessarily based on the same logic as McAfee. I had no idea that Americans would have to enter their Social Security Numbers for on-line credit applications. Plus, the standard of written English in Australia is so appalling nowadays that clumsy phrasing would not always be a reason to suspect phishing.
Kieron
Phish or Fake
by pnoric - 7/22/07 4:12 PM In reply to: Phish or Fake? Test your Phish IQ by Donna Buenaventura
I couldn't tell any of the examples. When I clicked on enlarge I still couldn't tell. I still couldnt read the url. So how do you really tell? Was I in too much of a hurry to see that?
I know the safest is to type in the url. What about pasting in the url that you store in a docunment. what about creating a short cut on your desk top and only using that?
9 out of 10
by mbrenneman - 7/23/07 6:05 AM In reply to: Phish or Fake? Test your Phish IQ by Donna Buenaventura
I missed on Chase, and that's the one I spent the most time on! I really just took a guess, but I chose the wrong one because I thought it was bizarre to put "New York" in the County form box, and it was asking for more personal information than the fake one. In this case the context (how I found myself going to that site in the first place) would have made all the difference.
Not That Difficult
by khuss66 - 7/23/07 9:39 AM In reply to: Phish or Fake? Test your Phish IQ by Donna Buenaventura
Bad grammar/punctuation/spelling gives away 7 out of 10.
Remember: Professional companies employ professional communications workers. Scammers employ low lifes and foreigners.
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