So you think you can identify phishing email?

[sbisson]

Take a look at this phishing IQ test, and see how well you do against a sample of ten real emails...

(I got one wrong because I was too suspicious!)

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I got 9 out of 10 too

[cobrabay.livejournal.com]

I was suspicious of one which turned out to be legit. Of course it is much harder to spot the real from fake when you can't see the headers, and you can't see URLs the links are pointing to.
Anyway, wanna buy a Rolex?

Re: I got 9 out of 10 too

[del-c.livejournal.com]

[doubletakes on the user name]

Hey, I thought you didn't do LJ!?

Re: I got 9 out of 10 too

[cobrabay.livejournal.com]

I got an account when the redemption_con community was set up.

Re: I got 9 out of 10 too

[damienw]

Me too; also, knowing I am not a [[bank name here]] customer helps...