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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Phishing

Cyber safety lesson 17: Phishing red flags · Set 284 · 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: “Check your exam marks at schoolmarks-free.example.” shows the red flag of a strange link. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: “Your library card stops working tonight. Do it immediately.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: “Congratulations! You have been chosen for a free bicycle.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🎣 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
  5. 5.🎣 What is phishing? (a) a trick to steal info (b) a school club (c) a fishing game (d) a phone update
  6. 6.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Your number won a cash prize of ₹25,000.” (a) a prize (b) urgency (c) a strange link (d) spelling mistakes
  7. 7.True or false: “Your sistem needs a update for beter speed.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🎣 Fact or myth? A message from a friend’s account is always safe. (a) a fact (b) a myth
  9. 9.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Your library card stops working tonight. Do it immediately.” (a) a prize (b) a strange link (c) spelling mistakes (d) urgency
  10. 10.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Congratulations! You have been chosen for a free bicycle.” (a) urgency (b) spelling mistakes (c) a strange link (d) a prize
  11. 11.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Act fast! Your account stays blocked until you reply right now.” (a) a prize (b) a strange link (c) urgency (d) spelling mistakes
  12. 12.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “We are hapy to infrom you about a new featur.” (a) a prize (b) spelling mistakes (c) urgency (d) a strange link
  13. 13.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “You are our 1,000th visitor — claim your reward of 500 gems.” (a) a prize (b) spelling mistakes (c) urgency (d) a strange link
  14. 14.🖱️ A message has a link you are not sure about. What should you do? (a) don’t click, ask adult (b) forward it (c) click to check (d) reply STOP
  15. 15.🚩 Which is a red flag in a message? (a) no link at all (b) a calm tone (c) “act in 5 minutes!” (d) your correct name
  16. 16.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Hurry — answer in the next hour or lose your saved progress.” (a) a strange link (b) spelling mistakes (c) a prize (d) urgency
  17. 17.True or false: “Act fast! Your account stays blocked until you reply right now.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “You won a new phone in our lucky draw.” (a) urgency (b) spelling mistakes (c) a prize (d) a strange link
  19. 19.🎣 Fact or myth? Real companies do not ask for your password by message. (a) a fact (b) a myth
  20. 20.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Dear costumer, we has updated our servise for you.” (a) spelling mistakes (b) a strange link (c) a prize (d) urgency
  21. 21.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Your sistem needs a update for beter speed.” (a) a prize (b) urgency (c) spelling mistakes (d) a strange link
  22. 22.True or false: “Update your game account at game-login-verify.example.” shows the red flag of a strange link. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Plese verfy your profil to continu using the game.” (a) a prize (b) urgency (c) a strange link (d) spelling mistakes
  24. 24.🎣 Fact or myth? A message can show a friend’s name and still be fake if their account was hacked. (a) a fact (b) a myth
  25. 25.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Check your exam marks at schoolmarks-free.example.” (a) spelling mistakes (b) a prize (c) urgency (d) a strange link
  26. 26.True or false: “Your accont detials have chaged, kindly chek them.” shows the red flag of spelling mistakes. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: “Act fast! Your account stays blocked until you reply right now.” shows the red flag of spelling mistakes. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.🎣 Fact or myth? Only grown-ups get phishing messages. (a) a myth (b) a fact
  30. 30.True or false: “Plese verfy your profil to continu using the game.” shows the red flag of spelling mistakes. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.📞 A message from your friend’s account asks for money urgently. Best? (a) send money now (b) call your friend first (c) reply with OTP (d) share your PIN
  32. 32.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Track your parcel at parcel-track-in.example.” (a) a prize (b) urgency (c) spelling mistakes (d) a strange link
  33. 33.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Reply within 10 minutes or your account will be closed!” (a) a prize (b) a strange link (c) spelling mistakes (d) urgency
  34. 34.True or false: “Hurry — answer in the next hour or lose your saved progress.” shows the red flag of spelling mistakes. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: “Hurry — answer in the next hour or lose your saved progress.” shows the red flag of a strange link. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: “Track your parcel at parcel-track-in.example.” shows the red flag of a strange link. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🕵️ Who should you tell about a phishing message? (a) a stranger (b) a trusted adult (c) nobody (d) the sender
  38. 38.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “See your class photo at classphoto-view.example.” (a) a strange link (b) spelling mistakes (c) urgency (d) a prize
  39. 39.🎣 Fact or myth? You can ask a trusted adult to check a message before you click. (a) a myth (b) a fact
  40. 40.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “A free tablet is waiting for every student who replies with their details.” (a) urgency (b) spelling mistakes (c) a prize (d) a strange link

Answer key

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

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