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!)

Comments

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?

[del-c.livejournal.com]

I got a rather clever phishing telephone message on my answering machine the other day, for all the world like a nervous young man who isn't comfortable talking to answering machines, saying he's been trying to contact someone in my household who entered a contest, to tell them they've won a big prize.

The only thing that let it down (apart from "you've won a big prize", which is the natural giveaway these days) was the preceding lady saying "you have -one- message in your voicemail box". Why did they do that? My answering machine doesn't say that, and nor would anyone else's.

[red-cloud.livejournal.com]

8 out of 10. Too suspicious by half (or is that twice as suspicious?)

Only 4 out of 10

[neilf.livejournal.com]

But then as I don't deal with a lot of the companies mentioned, I would automatically bin the email if it was in my inbox. :)

- Neil.

[vicarage.livejournal.com]

8/10. I saw nothing wrong with the messages from ebay and Paypal.

[pickledginger.livejournal.com]

Lovely new poker icon you've got there!

;-)