Cyber Safety Worksheet: Phishing

Cyber safety lesson 17: Phishing red flags · Set 855 · 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.🚩 Which is a red flag in a message? (a) a calm tone (b) no link at all (c) your correct name (d) “act in 5 minutes!”
2. 2.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Your library card stops working tonight. Do it immediately.” (a) a strange link (b) a prize (c) urgency (d) spelling mistakes
3. 3.True or false: “We are hapy to infrom you about a new featur.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) True (b) False
4. 4.True or false: “Update your game account at game-login-verify.example.” shows the red flag of a strange link. (a) True (b) False
5. 5.True or false: “We are hapy to infrom you about a new featur.” shows the red flag of spelling mistakes. (a) False (b) True
6. 6.🎣 What is phishing? (a) a fishing game (b) a trick to steal info (c) a phone update (d) a school club
7. 7.🖱️ A message has a link you are not sure about. What should you do? (a) forward it (b) don’t click, ask adult (c) click to check (d) reply STOP
8. 8.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “You won a new phone in our lucky draw.” (a) a prize (b) spelling mistakes (c) urgency (d) a strange link
9. 9.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Update your game account at game-login-verify.example.” (a) a prize (b) spelling mistakes (c) urgency (d) a strange link
10. 10.True or false: “Check your exam marks at schoolmarks-free.example.” shows the red flag of a strange link. (a) False (b) True
11. 11.True or false: “You won a new phone in our lucky draw.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) False (b) True
12. 12.🕵️ Who should you tell about a phishing message? (a) a stranger (b) a trusted adult (c) the sender (d) nobody
13. 13.🎣 Fact or myth? Only grown-ups get phishing messages. (a) a myth (b) a fact
14. 14.🎣 Fact or myth? Phishing can come by text, email, chat or even a phone call. (a) a myth (b) a fact
15. 15.🎣 Fact or myth? A message with your name in it cannot be a trick. (a) a fact (b) a myth
16. 16.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Act fast! Your account stays blocked until you reply right now.” (a) urgency (b) a strange link (c) spelling mistakes (d) a prize
17. 17.🎣 Fact or myth? Real companies do not ask for your password by message. (a) a fact (b) a myth
18. 18.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “We are hapy to infrom you about a new featur.” (a) a strange link (b) spelling mistakes (c) a prize (d) urgency
19. 19.True or false: “Your bank needs details: go to bank-kyc-update.example.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) True (b) False
20. 20.True or false: “Your library card stops working tonight. Do it immediately.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) False (b) True
21. 21.True or false: “Congratulations! You have been chosen for a free bicycle.” shows the red flag of a strange link. (a) False (b) True
22. 22.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Track your parcel at parcel-track-in.example.” (a) a prize (b) a strange link (c) urgency (d) spelling mistakes
23. 23.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Your bank needs details: go to bank-kyc-update.example.” (a) a prize (b) a strange link (c) urgency (d) spelling mistakes
24. 24.True or false: “Check your exam marks at schoolmarks-free.example.” shows the red flag of spelling mistakes. (a) False (b) True
25. 25.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Hurry — answer in the next hour or lose your saved progress.” (a) spelling mistakes (b) urgency (c) a prize (d) a strange link
26. 26.True or false: “Last chance! Your game profile will be deleted today unless you act now.” shows the red flag of spelling mistakes. (a) True (b) False
27. 27.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
28. 28.🎣 Fact or myth? A message from a friend’s account is always safe. (a) a myth (b) a fact
29. 29.📞 A message from your friend’s account asks for money urgently. Best? (a) share your PIN (b) call your friend first (c) reply with OTP (d) send money now
30. 30.True or false: “Last chance! Your game profile will be deleted today unless you act now.” shows the red flag of a prize. (a) False (b) True
31. 31.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Your sistem needs a update for beter speed.” (a) spelling mistakes (b) urgency (c) a strange link (d) a prize
32. 32.🎣 Fact or myth? You can ask a trusted adult to check a message before you click. (a) a fact (b) a myth
33. 33.True or false: “Hurry — answer in the next hour or lose your saved progress.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) True (b) False
34. 34.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Check your exam marks at schoolmarks-free.example.” (a) urgency (b) spelling mistakes (c) a strange link (d) a prize
35. 35.🎣 Fact or myth? Phishing messages try to trick you into sharing passwords, OTPs or money. (a) a myth (b) a fact
36. 36.🎣 Fact or myth? Phishing only happens on computers, never on phones. (a) a fact (b) a myth
37. 37.True or false: “Act fast! Your account stays blocked until you reply right now.” shows the red flag of urgency. (a) True (b) False
38. 38.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “Your number won a cash prize of ₹25,000.” (a) a strange link (b) spelling mistakes (c) urgency (d) a prize
39. 39.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “You are our 1,000th visitor — claim your reward of 500 gems.” (a) urgency (b) a prize (c) a strange link (d) spelling mistakes
40. 40.🎣 Which red flag does this message show? “See your class photo at classphoto-view.example.” (a) a prize (b) urgency (c) a strange link (d) spelling mistakes

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