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Cyber Safety Worksheet: Phishing

Cyber safety lesson 17: Phishing red flags · Set 767 · 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: “Track your parcel at parcel-track-in.example.” shows the red flag of a strange link. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Your accont detials have chaged, kindly chek them.” (a) a strange link (b) spelling mistakes (c) urgency (d) a prize
  3. 3.🎣 Fact or myth? A message with your name in it cannot be a trick. (a) a myth (b) a fact
  4. 4.🎣 What is phishing? (a) a school club (b) a fishing game (c) a phone update (d) a trick to steal info
  5. 5.🎣 Fact or myth? A message from a friend’s account is always safe. (a) a myth (b) a fact
  6. 6.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Your library card stops working tonight. Do it immediately.” (a) spelling mistakes (b) a strange link (c) urgency (d) a prize
  7. 7.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Reply within 10 minutes or your account will be closed!” (a) a strange link (b) a prize (c) urgency (d) spelling mistakes
  8. 8.🎣 Fact or myth? Real companies do not ask for your password by message. (a) a fact (b) a myth
  9. 9.🎣 Fact or myth? If a message has a logo, it must be real. (a) a myth (b) a fact
  10. 10.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Your number won a cash prize of ₹25,000.” (a) spelling mistakes (b) a strange link (c) a prize (d) urgency
  11. 11.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Your bank needs details: go to bank-kyc-update.example.” (a) urgency (b) a prize (c) a strange link (d) spelling mistakes
  12. 12.📞 A message from your friend’s account asks for money urgently. Best? (a) send money now (b) reply with OTP (c) call your friend first (d) share your PIN
  13. 13.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
  14. 14.True or false: “A free tablet is waiting for every student who replies with their details.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: “Your sistem needs a update for beter speed.” shows the red flag of spelling mistakes. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Track your parcel at parcel-track-in.example.” (a) urgency (b) spelling mistakes (c) a prize (d) a strange link
  17. 17.True or false: “Hurry — answer in the next hour or lose your saved progress.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Last chance! Your game profile will be deleted today unless you act now.” (a) urgency (b) a strange link (c) spelling mistakes (d) a prize
  19. 19.True or false: “Your library card stops working tonight. Do it immediately.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🎣 Fact or myth? Phishing only happens on computers, never on phones. (a) a myth (b) a fact
  21. 21.True or false: “Update your game account at game-login-verify.example.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Check your exam marks at schoolmarks-free.example.” (a) a strange link (b) spelling mistakes (c) a prize (d) urgency
  23. 23.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Congratulations! You have been chosen for a free bicycle.” (a) urgency (b) a strange link (c) a prize (d) spelling mistakes
  24. 24.🕵️ Who should you tell about a phishing message? (a) the sender (b) a trusted adult (c) nobody (d) a stranger
  25. 25.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Hurry — answer in the next hour or lose your saved progress.” (a) a prize (b) spelling mistakes (c) urgency (d) a strange link
  26. 26.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Plese verfy your profil to continu using the game.” (a) a prize (b) a strange link (c) spelling mistakes (d) urgency
  27. 27.🎣 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
  28. 28.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
  29. 29.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Your sistem needs a update for beter speed.” (a) urgency (b) spelling mistakes (c) a prize (d) a strange link
  30. 30.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
  31. 31.True or false: “Your bank needs details: go to bank-kyc-update.example.” shows the red flag of a strange link. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🎣 Fact or myth? You can ask a trusted adult to check a message before you click. (a) a myth (b) a fact
  33. 33.True or false: “You are our 1,000th visitor — claim your reward of 500 gems.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🎣 Fact or myth? Phishing can come by text, email, chat or even a phone call. (a) a fact (b) a myth
  35. 35.🖱️ 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
  36. 36.True or false: “Act fast! Your account stays blocked until you reply right now.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: “Update your game account at game-login-verify.example.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: “We are hapy to infrom you about a new featur.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: “See your class photo at classphoto-view.example.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: “A free tablet is waiting for every student who replies with their details.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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