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Post by Guest Thu Jul 17, 2014 10:07 am

Be honest about your results

i got the very last one wrong


https://www.sonicwall.com/furl/phishing/

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Post by Guest Thu Jul 17, 2014 10:30 am

I got 0/10 because I put no answer to all of them, would not have answered them, would have phoned the company, don't trust any emails like that!!!!   lol!

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Post by Guest Thu Jul 17, 2014 12:55 pm

Sassy wrote:I got 0/10 because I put no answer to all of them, would not have answered them, would have phoned the company, don't trust any emails like that!!!!   lol!
Well bloody done correct answer .......I wish I had thought of that when doing the test
it is the best way and what i would do in real life anyway

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Post by Guest Thu Jul 17, 2014 12:58 pm

Does that make me paranoid too  ::hndbg:: ::smthg:: 

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Post by SEXY MAMA Thu Jul 17, 2014 5:57 pm

Got 7 out of 10
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Post by eddie Thu Jul 17, 2014 8:11 pm

Well tbh I wouldn't answer an email about anything like any of those questions asked of me.

I rarely respond to emails and get people to ring me
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Post by Ben Reilly Thu Jul 17, 2014 8:46 pm

Seven out of 10 here too, though I'm proud to admit that I only actually fell for one phishing attempt (my other two incorrect were calling a legit e-mail a phishing attempt).
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Post by Guest Thu Jul 17, 2014 9:49 pm

Ben_Reilly wrote:Seven out of 10 here too, though I'm proud to admit that I only actually fell for one phishing attempt (my other two incorrect were calling a legit e-mail a phishing attempt).
better safe than sorry

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Post by veya_victaous Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:08 am

8 out of 10

but I wouldn't have responded to any of them.
The other thing to do is know who you deal with and the senders address they send from.
general rule of thumb, use the telephone if unsure.. If no telephone contact is supplied it is a fraud.
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Post by veya_victaous Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:10 am

I think no answer just made it incorrect
I put it twice and both were wrong all seemed to want either legit of phish
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Post by Cass Fri Jul 18, 2014 4:50 am

there is no such thing as a free lunch people.....or that you win the Irish Sweepstakes .....or if you send $500 toucans help a poor Nigerian get his money out of the country.....or sending your supposedly jailed grandchild in Mexico his bail money.....
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Post by Ben Reilly Fri Jul 18, 2014 6:03 am

Cass wrote:there is no such thing as a free lunch people.....or that you win the Irish Sweepstakes .....or if you send $500 toucans help a poor Nigerian get his money out of the country.....or sending your supposedly jailed grandchild in Mexico his bail money.....

Years ago I interviewed a guy who told me about how bad his business was lately, but that was all about to change because he had a relative he didn't even know about in Nigeria who was about to help him become rich. My tongue still has the tooth marks ...

Then I got an assignment to write about those 419 e-mails, got to interview a Secret Service agent and learned all about the scam, the gangs behind it, how some people followed through on them and were never heard from again or found dead. My assigning editor responded that he'd "never heard anything about organized crime being behind these e-mails." I just told him, "Well, now you have."  Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad Evil or Very Mad
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Post by Fluffyx Fri Jul 18, 2014 12:40 pm

6 out of 10,I thought things were scams when they were legit.

But like Sassy said I wouldn't give out bank details in emails like that anyway.
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Post by Guest Fri Jul 18, 2014 4:05 pm

Cass wrote:there is no such thing as a free lunch people.....or that you win the Irish Sweepstakes .....or if you send $500 toucans help a poor Nigerian get his money out of the country.....or sending your supposedly jailed grandchild in Mexico his bail money.....

Oh really!

https://www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators

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Post by Cass Fri Jul 18, 2014 4:35 pm

BigAndy9 wrote:
Cass wrote:there is no such thing as a free lunch people.....or that you win the Irish Sweepstakes .....or if you send $500 toucans help a poor Nigerian get his money out of the country.....or sending your supposedly jailed grandchild in Mexico his bail money.....

Oh really!

https://www.gov.uk/benefits-calculators

oh andy.......bless your heart x
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