July 29, 2004
Email Phishing Scams Quiz
Can you tell which emails are phishing scams and which are legitimate? Take this quiz and find out.
Posted by mallarme at July 29, 2004 01:52 PM
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Some of those are pretty tpugh to determine. Others are obvious. I got 80%
Posted by: Supersixone at July 29, 2004 02:08 PM
I got 100% myself. The rule of thumb is any request to update your information along with threats that your account will be closed usually indicate a scam. The site also offers some tips on how to detect phishing emails. I didn't read them, but they're probably useful.
Posted by: mallarme at July 29, 2004 02:11 PM
The credit card and banking ones are obvious, but what benefit could someone gain from spoofing your Earthlink account info? I guess if there's a credit card field on the page itself, that would be a tipoff.
I got 80%.
Posted by: sleepnotwork at July 29, 2004 02:49 PM