Cyber Safety Worksheet: Phishing

Cyber safety lesson 17: Phishing red flags · Set 117 · 40 questions

Stay safe (Spot the trick): Urgency: “act now”, “last chance”, “your account will be closed”. A prize or reward you never entered for; a strange link; many spelling mistakes. Real companies never ask for your password or OTP by message. Don’t click or reply — ask a trusted adult.

1. 1.🎣 Fact or myth? Phishing can come by text, email, chat or even a phone call. (a) a fact (b) a myth
2. 2.True or false: “Update your game account at game-login-verify.example.” shows the red flag of a strange link. (a) False (b) True
3. 3.True or false: “Update your game account at game-login-verify.example.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) False (b) True
4. 4.🕵️ Who should you tell about a phishing message? (a) a stranger (b) a trusted adult (c) the sender (d) nobody
5. 5.🖱️ A message has a link you are not sure about. What should you do? (a) reply STOP (b) don’t click, ask adult (c) forward it (d) click to check
6. 6.🎣 Fact or myth? Real companies do not ask for your password by message. (a) a fact (b) a myth
7. 7.True or false: “Check your exam marks at schoolmarks-free.example.” shows the red flag of a strange link. (a) True (b) False
8. 8.🎣 Fact or myth? Only grown-ups get phishing messages. (a) a fact (b) a myth
9. 9.True or false: “Your sistem needs a update for beter speed.” shows the red flag of a strange link. (a) True (b) False
10. 10.🎣 Fact or myth? A message can show a friend’s name and still be fake if their account was hacked. (a) a myth (b) a fact
11. 11.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Act fast! Your account stays blocked until you reply right now.” (a) a prize (b) urgency (c) spelling mistakes (d) a strange link
12. 12.True or false: “Your sistem needs a update for beter speed.” shows the red flag of spelling mistakes. (a) False (b) True
13. 13.🎣 What is phishing? (a) a fishing game (b) a trick to steal info (c) a school club (d) a phone update
14. 14.🎣 Fact or myth? Phishing only happens on computers, never on phones. (a) a myth (b) a fact
15. 15.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Hurry — answer in the next hour or lose your saved progress.” (a) a prize (b) urgency (c) a strange link (d) spelling mistakes
16. 16.True or false: “Hurry — answer in the next hour or lose your saved progress.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) False (b) True
17. 17.True or false: “You won a new phone in our lucky draw.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) True (b) False
18. 18.True or false: “Plese verfy your profil to continu using the game.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) False (b) True
19. 19.📞 A message from your friend’s account asks for money urgently. Best? (a) send money now (b) call your friend first (c) share your PIN (d) reply with OTP
20. 20.True or false: “You are our 1,000th visitor — claim your reward of 500 gems.” shows the red flag of spelling mistakes. (a) True (b) False
21. 21.🎣 Fact or myth? A message from a friend’s account is always safe. (a) a myth (b) a fact
22. 22.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “You are our 1,000th visitor — claim your reward of 500 gems.” (a) urgency (b) a prize (c) a strange link (d) spelling mistakes
23. 23.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Check your exam marks at schoolmarks-free.example.” (a) urgency (b) spelling mistakes (c) a strange link (d) a prize
24. 24.True or false: “Hurry — answer in the next hour or lose your saved progress.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) True (b) False
25. 25.True or false: “Your sistem needs a update for beter speed.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.True or false: “Act fast! Your account stays blocked until you reply right now.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) False (b) True
27. 27.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Your accont detials have chaged, kindly chek them.” (a) a strange link (b) a prize (c) spelling mistakes (d) urgency
28. 28.🚩 Which is a red flag in a message? (a) a calm tone (b) “act in 5 minutes!” (c) no link at all (d) your correct name
29. 29.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Your bank needs details: go to bank-kyc-update.example.” (a) a strange link (b) a prize (c) spelling mistakes (d) urgency
30. 30.🎣 Fact or myth? If a message has a logo, it must be real. (a) a myth (b) a fact
31. 31.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Plese verfy your profil to continu using the game.” (a) spelling mistakes (b) a prize (c) urgency (d) a strange link
32. 32.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “A free tablet is waiting for every student who replies with their details.” (a) a prize (b) a strange link (c) urgency (d) spelling mistakes
33. 33.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Last chance! Your game profile will be deleted today unless you act now.” (a) urgency (b) spelling mistakes (c) a strange link (d) a prize
34. 34.True or false: “Your library card stops working tonight. Do it immediately.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) False (b) True
35. 35.True or false: “Your bank needs details: go to bank-kyc-update.example.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: “We are hapy to infrom you about a new featur.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “See your class photo at classphoto-view.example.” (a) urgency (b) a prize (c) spelling mistakes (d) a strange link
38. 38.True or false: “Your bank needs details: go to bank-kyc-update.example.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🎣 Fact or myth? Phishing messages try to trick you into sharing passwords, OTPs or money. (a) a myth (b) a fact
40. 40.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Update your game account at game-login-verify.example.” (a) urgency (b) a prize (c) a strange link (d) spelling mistakes

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