Do you know phishing when you see it?

Phishing sites are designed for identity thefts, they are merely duplicates of some well known sites . They trick you into revealing your login information. eBay and PayPal are two of the most targeted companies, and online banks are also common targets. Phishing is typically carried out by email or instant messaging and often directs users to give details at a duplicate website. Sometimes phishing sites can be spotted easily, most login sites use https login page but phishing sites have http and the phishing sites have a mistake in the original name of the site like paypa| or paypa! unlike the original name "paypal". So i guess its easy to differentiate if we are careful, although i haven't experienced anything of this sort

Thanks for sharing this information sanctuccie. I receive a lot of phishing emails. Especially for paypal and ebay. They usually ask me to update my information. I just delete the email and when I am in doubt I just call the company to be sure of things. There is a lot of identity theft over the internet and we have to be very careful. Thanks I will take a look at the site.

Santuccie, the test was interesting, I got 4 correct out of 5. The last one I missed and that was the new thing I learned. I thought that an associated link in the email body is quite safe! That's where I am fooled. Thanks for sharing this.

4 correct Thanks for taking the Challenge. Thanks for taking the Challenge. You’re better than most at identifying and avoiding phishing email. But for even more about how to guard against phishing, see How to protect yourself and visit PayPal fights phishing to learn what we’re doing to keep you safe. Or take the Challenge again and try for a perfect score. Ah well, I think I could actually spot phishing anywhere, despite my score, and I am always surprised that people think it is that easy to dupe someone. The question I got wrong was about the email addresses, which I think are easy to spot, because although they may have part of the authentic company in their email addy, I've never seen one that has an accurate simple address, so I can always spot them that way. Has anyone ever seen a phishing email come from an address @ebay.com or @paypal.com? I never have. And besides, even if it did, and it asked for info that I expect a phishing email to ask, I would be suspicious of it.

Apparently I do as I got all the questions right! :P LOL Thanks for the quiz santuccie. I think it is an important one as some people don't know the difference between a real email or a phishing one. They can learn the difference just by taking this test.

I didn't know this test, it's really good for paypal members. Since I'm italian I have even a better way to indentify hackers: since most of my english friends don't know my email while my italian ones do, if I receive an english mail 9 times out of 10 it's spam or phishing XD

I have taken the test and gotten all of the answers correct. I was sure that I would though. There are many people though who could easily be fooled though, that everyone should really take this test. Thanks for sharing.

Um, I must have missed something or my security prevented it..lol Anyways, just to let you know I replied to my computer problem, though I don't believe phishing was involved..lol

i'M VERY SLOW in detecting Phishing... I guess i have to learn more about detecting it and thanks for more ideas gaining more caution...

"5 Correct Tank for taking the challenge you're obviously doing a great job identifying and avoiding fake email.... " #In the test i can do better, i hope in real life can do it better to prevent phishing. Thank for share the link :)