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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Phishing

Cyber safety lesson 17: Phishing red flags · Set 202 · 40 questions
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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.

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

Answer key

  1. True
  2. don’t click, ask adult
  3. False
  4. “act in 5 minutes!”
  5. a fact
  6. call your friend first
  7. a strange link
  8. a prize
  9. spelling mistakes
  10. False
  11. False
  12. False
  13. a fact
  14. False
  15. True
  16. False
  17. a strange link
  18. a myth
  19. a trusted adult
  20. False
  21. False
  22. a myth
  23. False
  24. a strange link
  25. True
  26. False
  27. urgency
  28. a myth
  29. urgency
  30. a myth
  31. False
  32. True
  33. a prize
  34. a strange link
  35. False
  36. False
  37. a trick to steal info
  38. False
  39. False
  40. False

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