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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Phishing

Cyber safety lesson 17: Phishing red flags · Set 727 · 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.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “You won a new phone in our lucky draw.” (a) spelling mistakes (b) a strange link (c) urgency (d) a prize
  2. 2.🎣 Fact or myth? A message with your name in it cannot be a trick. (a) a fact (b) a myth
  3. 3.True or false: “Hurry — answer in the next hour or lose your saved progress.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🚩 Which is a red flag in a message? (a) “act in 5 minutes!” (b) a calm tone (c) your correct name (d) no link at all
  5. 5.🖱️ A message has a link you are not sure about. What should you do? (a) click to check (b) don’t click, ask adult (c) reply STOP (d) forward it
  6. 6.True or false: “Congratulations! You have been chosen for a free bicycle.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: “See your class photo at classphoto-view.example.” shows the red flag of a strange link. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🎣 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
  9. 9.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “A free tablet is waiting for every student who replies with their details.” (a) a strange link (b) a prize (c) urgency (d) spelling mistakes
  10. 10.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “See your class photo at classphoto-view.example.” (a) a strange link (b) urgency (c) a prize (d) spelling mistakes
  11. 11.True or false: “Your sistem needs a update for beter speed.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: “Your library card stops working tonight. Do it immediately.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: “Your bank needs details: go to bank-kyc-update.example.” shows the red flag of spelling mistakes. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🎣 What is phishing? (a) a fishing game (b) a school club (c) a trick to steal info (d) a phone update
  15. 15.True or false: “Track your parcel at parcel-track-in.example.” shows the red flag of spelling mistakes. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎣 Fact or myth? Real companies do not ask for your password by message. (a) a fact (b) a myth
  17. 17.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Congratulations! You have been chosen for a free bicycle.” (a) a strange link (b) spelling mistakes (c) urgency (d) a prize
  18. 18.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Update your game account at game-login-verify.example.” (a) spelling mistakes (b) a prize (c) urgency (d) a strange link
  19. 19.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Act fast! Your account stays blocked until you reply right now.” (a) spelling mistakes (b) a prize (c) a strange link (d) urgency
  20. 20.True or false: “Your bank needs details: go to bank-kyc-update.example.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Track your parcel at parcel-track-in.example.” (a) spelling mistakes (b) a strange link (c) urgency (d) a prize
  22. 22.🎣 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
  23. 23.🕵️ Who should you tell about a phishing message? (a) a trusted adult (b) the sender (c) a stranger (d) nobody
  24. 24.True or false: “Update your game account at game-login-verify.example.” shows the red flag of a strange link. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🎣 Fact or myth? Phishing only happens on computers, never on phones. (a) a fact (b) a myth
  26. 26.📞 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
  27. 27.True or false: “Your number won a cash prize of ₹25,000.” shows the red flag of a strange link. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: “Your sistem needs a update for beter speed.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🎣 Fact or myth? A message from a friend’s account is always safe. (a) a fact (b) a myth
  30. 30.🎣 Fact or myth? Phishing messages try to trick you into sharing passwords, OTPs or money. (a) a fact (b) a myth
  31. 31.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Dear costumer, we has updated our servise for you.” (a) urgency (b) spelling mistakes (c) a strange link (d) a prize
  32. 32.True or false: “You won a new phone in our lucky draw.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “You are our 1,000th visitor — claim your reward of 500 gems.” (a) a prize (b) urgency (c) a strange link (d) spelling mistakes
  34. 34.🎣 Fact or myth? You can ask a trusted adult to check a message before you click. (a) a myth (b) a fact
  35. 35.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
  36. 36.True or false: “Last chance! Your game profile will be deleted today unless you act now.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Your bank needs details: go to bank-kyc-update.example.” (a) spelling mistakes (b) urgency (c) a prize (d) a strange link
  38. 38.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Your library card stops working tonight. Do it immediately.” (a) a strange link (b) urgency (c) a prize (d) spelling mistakes
  39. 39.True or false: “We are hapy to infrom you about a new featur.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “Your sistem needs a update for beter speed.” shows the red flag of spelling mistakes. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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