Cyber Safety Worksheet: Phishing

Cyber safety lesson 17: Phishing red flags · Set 635 · 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.📞 A message from your friend’s account asks for money urgently. Best? (a) reply with OTP (b) call your friend first (c) share your PIN (d) send money now
2. 2.🕵️ Who should you tell about a phishing message? (a) the sender (b) a trusted adult (c) nobody (d) a stranger
3. 3.🎣 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
4. 4.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Update your game account at game-login-verify.example.” (a) a prize (b) spelling mistakes (c) a strange link (d) urgency
5. 5.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Your bank needs details: go to bank-kyc-update.example.” (a) spelling mistakes (b) a prize (c) urgency (d) a strange link
6. 6.🎣 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
7. 7.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “You won a new phone in our lucky draw.” (a) a strange link (b) spelling mistakes (c) a prize (d) urgency
8. 8.True or false: “We are hapy to infrom you about a new featur.” shows the red flag of spelling mistakes. (a) False (b) True
9. 9.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Your number won a cash prize of ₹25,000.” (a) a strange link (b) urgency (c) a prize (d) spelling mistakes
10. 10.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Check your exam marks at schoolmarks-free.example.” (a) a prize (b) urgency (c) a strange link (d) spelling mistakes
11. 11.True or false: “Your bank needs details: go to bank-kyc-update.example.” shows the red flag of a strange link. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🎣 Fact or myth? Phishing can come by text, email, chat or even a phone call. (a) a myth (b) a fact
13. 13.True or false: “A free tablet is waiting for every student who replies with their details.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) False (b) True
14. 14.🎣 Fact or myth? You can ask a trusted adult to check a message before you click. (a) a myth (b) a fact
15. 15.True or false: “Track your parcel at parcel-track-in.example.” shows the red flag of spelling mistakes. (a) True (b) False
16. 16.True or false: “You are our 1,000th visitor — claim your reward of 500 gems.” shows the red flag of a strange link. (a) True (b) False
17. 17.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “See your class photo at classphoto-view.example.” (a) a prize (b) spelling mistakes (c) a strange link (d) urgency
18. 18.🎣 What is phishing? (a) a fishing game (b) a phone update (c) a school club (d) a trick to steal info
19. 19.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “We are hapy to infrom you about a new featur.” (a) a strange link (b) urgency (c) a prize (d) spelling mistakes
20. 20.🎣 Fact or myth? A message with your name in it cannot be a trick. (a) a fact (b) a myth
21. 21.🎣 Fact or myth? If a message has a logo, it must be real. (a) a myth (b) a fact
22. 22.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Track your parcel at parcel-track-in.example.” (a) urgency (b) a strange link (c) a prize (d) spelling mistakes
23. 23.True or false: “Your bank needs details: go to bank-kyc-update.example.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) False (b) True
24. 24.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Hurry — answer in the next hour or lose your saved progress.” (a) a prize (b) urgency (c) spelling mistakes (d) a strange link
25. 25.🖱️ 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
26. 26.🚩 Which is a red flag in a message? (a) your correct name (b) no link at all (c) a calm tone (d) “act in 5 minutes!”
27. 27.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
28. 28.True or false: “You won a new phone in our lucky draw.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) True (b) False
29. 29.True or false: “You won a new phone in our lucky draw.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) False (b) True
30. 30.True or false: “Your number won a cash prize of ₹25,000.” shows the red flag of spelling mistakes. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.True or false: “Your library card stops working tonight. Do it immediately.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) True (b) False
32. 32.True or false: “See your class photo at classphoto-view.example.” shows the red flag of a strange link. (a) True (b) False
33. 33.🎣 Fact or myth? A message from a friend’s account is always safe. (a) a fact (b) a myth
34. 34.🎣 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) spelling mistakes (d) urgency
35. 35.🎣 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
36. 36.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Your accont detials have chaged, kindly chek them.” (a) spelling mistakes (b) a prize (c) a strange link (d) urgency
37. 37.🎣 Fact or myth? Phishing only happens on computers, never on phones. (a) a fact (b) a myth
38. 38.🎣 Fact or myth? Only grown-ups get phishing messages. (a) a myth (b) a fact
39. 39.True or false: “Reply within 10 minutes or your account will be closed!” shows the red flag of spelling mistakes. (a) True (b) False
40. 40.True or false: “Update your game account at game-login-verify.example.” shows the red flag of a strange link. (a) False (b) True

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