[LINK] Phishing Test

[Adam Todd]

At 08:42 29/07/2004 +1000, Howard Lowndes wrote:
>If you are interested in finding out whether you are vulnerable to
>social engineering through phishing scams - they're the ones where banks
>seemingly ask you to verify your details - then you might want to try
>this test:
>
>http://survey.mailfrontier.com/survey/quiztest.cgi?themailfrontierphishingiqtest

Sheet!  I got 100%.  I expected to get one or two wrong because I don't use 
the services at all, and don't really care for them.

I only checked one twice, Number 5 - Paypal, because I've never used PayPal 
and wasn't 100% sure on the first glance.  I only checked source for two of 
them.

Just in READING the e-mails, I was able to detect most of them without 
checking source.  Some were blatantly obvious.  I expected to get Number 9 
wrong, because I've never used PayPay and the idea that a payment service 
was also arranging the courier seemed odd, but the links and things, 
without checking source seemed correct.

So I guess it's hard to scam me :)

I wish that were so true.

Thanks for that Howard!


1. Microsoft Email Link
Legitimate ... CORRECT

2. PayPal Email Link
Fraud ... CORRECT

3. eBay Email Link
Fraud ... CORRECT

4. US Bank Email Link
Fraud ... CORRECT

5. PayPal Email Link
Legitimate ... CORRECT

6. Earthlink Email Link
Fraud ... CORRECT

7. Citibank Email Link
Fraud ... CORRECT

8. eBay Email Link
Fraud ... CORRECT

9. Paypal Email Link
Legitimate ... CORRECT

10. Visa Email Link
Fraud ... CORRECT
You got 10 out of 10 correct, or 100 %