Let's go phishing!

[cydewaze]

Take the test and see how scam-savy you are.

http://www.sonicwall.com/phishing/index.html

A few people in my office scored < 50%

 

[elevated_u2_fan]

70%

Thats very cool and scary at the same time..

 

[redhotswami]

80% yeah suckas!!! i delete all those e-mails anyway. my bank knows to contact me by phone.

 

[Justin24]

80 % for me.

 

[sulawesigirl4]

100%

Take that you spammers!

 

[Lancemc]

70%

 

[Vincent Vega]

60%, for me it was all phishing

 

[JessicaAnn]

50% ... though as I was giving my answers, I guessed one was legitimate and all the rest were phishing (I am suspicious).

 

[Sicy]

80% I thought 2 of them were phishing I guess they were legit.
I dont trust any email that asks me to 'log in' or update my password

 

[Total U2 Nut]

60%

 

[cydewaze]

50% ... though as I was giving my answers, I guessed one was legitimate and all the rest were phishing (I am suspicious).

Better to err on that side than the other way.

 

[ntalwar]

80%. But one of the reasons given that it was legit was that it was addressed to the recipient by name. That doesn't seem to hard to do .

 

[Galeongirl]

90%, but the one I got wrong was because the link was showed on the bottom or so

I never open emails from ebay paypal or whatever bank, since I"m not a member of either...

 

[cydewaze]

80%. But one of the reasons given that it was legit was that it was addressed to the recipient by name. That doesn't seem to hard to do .

It might not seem hard to do, but keep in mind, they're not just writing a single email to you, they're writing a generic email and spamming it to a million people (literally).

Also keep in mind that they might not know your actual name. If all they have is your email address (jfk@foo.net) they have no idea what "jfk" stands for.

 

[ntalwar]

^Actually, I get a ton of spam addressed to a name that looks like it could belong to my address. I think the spammers' database has email address plus a guess as to what the real name is.

 

[LarryMullen's POPAngel]

60%, but the ones I guessed were phishing were legit.

 

[Bonochick]

80%

 

[Schmeg]

I got a 60% because I'm paranoid and I think everything is phishing.

 

[BluRmGrl]

I got 70% -- but the 3 I missed were legit & I thought they weren't. Better than the other way 'round, I think.

 

[BAW]

90%