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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Phishing

Cyber safety lesson 17: Phishing red flags · Set 451 · 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.🎣 Fact or myth? Phishing only happens on computers, never on phones. (a) a myth (b) a fact
  2. 2.True or false: “Act fast! Your account stays blocked until you reply right now.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: “See your class photo at classphoto-view.example.” shows the red flag of a strange link. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🕵️ Who should you tell about a phishing message? (a) a stranger (b) a trusted adult (c) the sender (d) nobody
  5. 5.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Reply within 10 minutes or your account will be closed!” (a) a prize (b) spelling mistakes (c) a strange link (d) urgency
  6. 6.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Check your exam marks at schoolmarks-free.example.” (a) a prize (b) a strange link (c) spelling mistakes (d) urgency
  7. 7.True or false: “Plese verfy your profil to continu using the game.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.📞 A message from your friend’s account asks for money urgently. Best? (a) send money now (b) share your PIN (c) reply with OTP (d) call your friend first
  9. 9.True or false: “Reply within 10 minutes or your account will be closed!” shows the red flag of a strange link. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: “Dear costumer, we has updated our servise for you.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🎣 Fact or myth? Phishing can come by text, email, chat or even a phone call. (a) a fact (b) a myth
  12. 12.True or false: “Last chance! Your game profile will be deleted today unless you act now.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🚩 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
  14. 14.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Plese verfy your profil to continu using the game.” (a) a strange link (b) spelling mistakes (c) a prize (d) urgency
  15. 15.True or false: “Your accont detials have chaged, kindly chek them.” shows the red flag of spelling mistakes. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: “Reply within 10 minutes or your account will be closed!” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Your bank needs details: go to bank-kyc-update.example.” (a) urgency (b) spelling mistakes (c) a prize (d) a strange link
  18. 18.True or false: “You are our 1,000th visitor — claim your reward of 500 gems.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: “Update your game account at game-login-verify.example.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎣 Fact or myth? A message with your name in it cannot be a trick. (a) a fact (b) a myth
  21. 21.True or false: “We are hapy to infrom you about a new featur.” shows the red flag of spelling mistakes. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🎣 Fact or myth? Only grown-ups get phishing messages. (a) a myth (b) a fact
  23. 23.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “You won a new phone in our lucky draw.” (a) a strange link (b) a prize (c) spelling mistakes (d) urgency
  24. 24.True or false: “Dear costumer, we has updated our servise for you.” shows the red flag of spelling mistakes. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Track your parcel at parcel-track-in.example.” (a) spelling mistakes (b) a prize (c) a strange link (d) urgency
  26. 26.🎣 Fact or myth? If a message has a logo, it must be real. (a) a fact (b) a myth
  27. 27.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “We are hapy to infrom you about a new featur.” (a) spelling mistakes (b) a prize (c) urgency (d) a strange link
  28. 28.True or false: “You won a new phone in our lucky draw.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Act fast! Your account stays blocked until you reply right now.” (a) urgency (b) a prize (c) a strange link (d) spelling mistakes
  30. 30.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
  31. 31.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “See your class photo at classphoto-view.example.” (a) a prize (b) a strange link (c) urgency (d) spelling mistakes
  32. 32.🎣 Fact or myth? A message from a friend’s account is always safe. (a) a fact (b) a myth
  33. 33.True or false: “Your sistem needs a update for beter speed.” shows the red flag of spelling mistakes. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Dear costumer, we has updated our servise for you.” (a) a prize (b) urgency (c) a strange link (d) spelling mistakes
  35. 35.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “You are our 1,000th visitor — claim your reward of 500 gems.” (a) a strange link (b) spelling mistakes (c) a prize (d) urgency
  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.True or false: “You won a new phone in our lucky draw.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🖱️ A message has a link you are not sure about. What should you do? (a) forward it (b) click to check (c) reply STOP (d) don’t click, ask adult
  39. 39.🎣 What is phishing? (a) a fishing game (b) a trick to steal info (c) a school club (d) a phone update
  40. 40.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Last chance! Your game profile will be deleted today unless you act now.” (a) spelling mistakes (b) urgency (c) a strange link (d) a prize

Answer key

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

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