Can you spot the "phishing" scams? [test]
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Can you spot the "phishing" scams? [test]
http://survey.mailfrontier.com/survey/quiztest.html
Pretty good test. Admittedly harder than I thought.
Pretty good test. Admittedly harder than I thought.
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The one question using PayPal as an example was an automatic Phish in my book!

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Not bad. I got 9/10 on my first try, missing the first one. It was too easy to figure out, based on the information at the bottom and the wording of the e-mails. That was the main giveaway. It's like all these phishing scams come from the same author or something.
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I missed the Network Solutions. 9/10.
However, I think these "legit" emails can still be made to look legit, and be fake. Hidden links and hidden redirects aren't talked about in this case.
However, I think these "legit" emails can still be made to look legit, and be fake. Hidden links and hidden redirects aren't talked about in this case.
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9 out of 10 .. i missed the washington mutual. Although i knew they wouldn't email about that it didn't attempt to ask for info so i didn't think it was fraud
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1. Chase
Legitimate ... CORRECT
2. PayPal
Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT
3. Bank of America
Legitimate ... CORRECT
4. Washington Mutual
Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT
5. MSN
Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT
6. Earthlink
Legitimate ... CORRECT
7. Amazon
Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT
8. eBay
Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT
9. Capital One
Phishing Fraud ... INCORRECT
(The correct answer was Legitimate)
10. Network Solutions
Phishing Fraud ... INCORRECT
(The correct answer was Legitimate)
You got 8 out of 10 correct, or 80 %
Legitimate ... CORRECT
2. PayPal
Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT
3. Bank of America
Legitimate ... CORRECT
4. Washington Mutual
Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT
5. MSN
Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT
6. Earthlink
Legitimate ... CORRECT
7. Amazon
Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT
8. eBay
Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT
9. Capital One
Phishing Fraud ... INCORRECT
(The correct answer was Legitimate)
10. Network Solutions
Phishing Fraud ... INCORRECT
(The correct answer was Legitimate)
You got 8 out of 10 correct, or 80 %
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9/10
Since we couldn't see the hotlink references, it's all in the footer webpage reference.
Cap One needs to not use a "bfi0.com" domain to send their stuff.
Since we couldn't see the hotlink references, it's all in the footer webpage reference.
Cap One needs to not use a "bfi0.com" domain to send their stuff.

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Originally Posted by Y2K Falcon
9/10
Since we couldn't see the hotlink references, it's all in the footer webpage reference.
Cap One needs to not use a "bfi0.com" domain to send their stuff.
Since we couldn't see the hotlink references, it's all in the footer webpage reference.
Cap One needs to not use a "bfi0.com" domain to send their stuff.

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I'm also overly suspicious...
1. Chase
Legitimate ... CORRECT
2. PayPal
Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT
3. Bank of America
Phishing Fraud ... INCORRECT
(The correct answer was Legitimate)
4. Washington Mutual
Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT
5. MSN
Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT
6. Earthlink
Legitimate ... CORRECT
7. Amazon
Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT
8. eBay
Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT
9. Capital One
Legitimate ... CORRECT
10. Network Solutions
Phishing Fraud ... INCORRECT
(The correct answer was Legitimate)
You got 8 out of 10 correct, or 80 %
1. Chase
Legitimate ... CORRECT
2. PayPal
Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT
3. Bank of America
Phishing Fraud ... INCORRECT
(The correct answer was Legitimate)
4. Washington Mutual
Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT
5. MSN
Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT
6. Earthlink
Legitimate ... CORRECT
7. Amazon
Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT
8. eBay
Phishing Fraud ... CORRECT
9. Capital One
Legitimate ... CORRECT
10. Network Solutions
Phishing Fraud ... INCORRECT
(The correct answer was Legitimate)
You got 8 out of 10 correct, or 80 %
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Originally Posted by Mongo
1 wrong, the CapitalOne email.
Spoiler:
Last edited by Breakfast with Girls; 02-02-05 at 10:33 AM.
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9 out of 10. I got the Bank of America one wrong. A bunch of these had those fake links at the bottom of the email, and some were just damn obvious from the lack of professional HTML design (MSN)
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Originally Posted by Mongo
1 wrong, the CapitalOne email.
Spoiler:
JustinS is right, it would be 10 of 10 easily if we could have viewed the source.
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9/10 Got the Network Solutions one wrong (the last one). Yay, I'm good at smelling phishies!
