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9/10Got 9/10
Missed the last one about SSL certificate or something. | |
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| hayabusa3303Over 200 mph Premium Member join:2005-06-29 Florence, SC |
Re: 9/10said by Grothendieck:Got 9/10 Missed the last one about SSL certificate or something. Ditto. same here | |
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trparky
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2007-Jul-28 11:00 pm
Re: 9/10Ditto. | |
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| Trimline Premium Member join:2004-10-24 Windermere, FL |
to Grothendieck
Yippee.
YOU ANSWERED 10 OF 10 QUESTIONS CORRECTLY Rating: Safety Guru
Nice work! Your practically clairvoyant knowledge of the Web allows you to spot even the most realistic looking spoofed sites. We're impressed!
That's the one's *we* know of. Always take caution. | |
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| Geddy join:2004-12-02 Westerly, RI |
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I got 9/10, got confused on the amazon one
what gets to me, is the fact that once scammers learn to spell, were all screwed (according to this quiz) =P | |
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xo9
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2007-Jul-29 12:26 am
Re: 9/10we're*
and i agree. ;] | |
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YOU ANSWERED 10 OF 10 QUESTIONS CORRECTLY Rating: Safety Guru
I'd better go good on a test like that - or I would have to fire my self... | |
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said by Grothendieck:Got 9/10 Missed the last one about SSL certificate or something. I was going to say false but blew it and said true. | |
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Yay!YOU ANSWERED 10 OF 10 QUESTIONS CORRECTLY Rating: Safety Guru I like how the one site said "their have been" instead of "there" Grammar is a good way to check, too. | |
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dvd536
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2007-Jul-28 9:14 pm
Re: Yay!said by furlonium:YOU ANSWERED 10 OF 10 QUESTIONS CORRECTLY Rating: Safety Guru I like how the one site said "their have been" instead of "there" I've seen alot of that here too | |
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| | algPassionately apathetic Premium Member join:2001-04-10 Houston, TX |
alg
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2007-Jul-29 3:34 am
Re: Yay!said by dvd536:said by furlonium:YOU ANSWERED 10 OF 10 QUESTIONS CORRECTLY Rating: Safety Guru I like how the one site said "their have been" instead of "there" I've seen alot of that here too Indeed. | |
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Robert
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2007-Jul-28 3:46 pm
Rating: Safety GuruYOU ANSWERED 10 OF 10 QUESTIONS CORRECTLY Rating: Safety Guru Nice work! Your practically clairvoyant knowledge of the Web allows you to spot even the most realistic looking spoofed sites. We're impressed! Here are all the examples, for those who didn't want to do the quiz. » cache01.ae1.net/8c985935 ··· 8fcc.jpg | |
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wifi4milezBig Russ, 1918 to 2008. Rest in Peace join:2004-08-07 New York, NY |
9 out of 10!Some of those questions were difficult to figure out. Overall a very good test for those who use the web a lot! | |
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wee96Your Local Confederate join:2000-04-12 Clinton Township, MI |
wee96
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2007-Jul-28 3:50 pm
Neat10 of 10 woo hoo. | |
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ColorBASIC8-bit Fun Premium Member join:2006-12-29 Corona, CA |
8/10I didn't think of checking for grammar and spelling mistakes so on a few I guessed. But those sites were 2 I don't have an account with so a phishing attack wouldn't have worked on me anyway. | |
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Re: 8/10That's the first thing you've gotta check. Also checking for some obvious things, like credit card numbers and poor HTML coding helps too.
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I got 8/10 as well... I didn't think to check the address bar since the text was so funky and the Windows UI is a bit confusing to me. | |
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Ditto here did spot the bad grammar. | |
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pokesphIt Is Almost Fast Premium Member join:2001-06-25 Sacramento, CA |
pokesph
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2007-Jul-28 4:43 pm
Phished!hmmm 8/10
the Amazon site caught me off-guard. I'm not too sure on the last question.. it's pretty hard to spoof a legit SSL cert.. it does have to be verified through a 3rd party - so not sure why they say it can be spoofed (I assume it's not self-signed, and I DO look at the certs myself..) | |
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Re: Phished!Yep 9/10... The capital one site got me. The one I chose looks like the Canadian site, which I do have an account on. | |
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Re: Phished!said by ottawa_guy0:Yep 9/10... The capital one site got me. The one I chose looks like the Canadian site, which I do have an account on. Same one got me, only because the one I thought was a fake asked for the SSN number. That always throws up red flags for me. I guess I forgot to check the writing on the wall... err, I mean the page. | |
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6/10Damn, I thought I did good and I find myself as being great at finding shit like this.
I had my mom do it and my dad. Both got 3/10
No wonder these shit heads make so much money. | |
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Re: Phished!said by pokesph:hmmm 8/10 the Amazon site caught me off-guard. I'm not too sure on the last question.. it's pretty hard to spoof a legit SSL cert.. it does have to be verified through a 3rd party - so not sure why they say it can be spoofed (I assume it's not self-signed, and I DO look at the certs myself..) Any one can generate ssl certs. I myself do it on servers. The major thing is that they will most times pop up a box saying hey the cert is signed but not by xxxxxx company would you like to proceed ? and most people click through. If malware is on the machine it can and will put the site into the trusted zone and the ssl pop up never shows up. I generate my own for most servers because I encrypt all traffic even on the lan. | |
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jsimmons MVM join:2000-04-24 Falls Church, VA |
Got 10 of 10.Not a guru here... but very mindful of Phishing scams. | |
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I got 10 of 10 right I'm so "anal" about stuff dealing with my money. Last year my debit card number was lifted from somewhere, and $400.00 was withdrawn $40.00 at a time over a 2 day period (Saturday, & a Sunday) before I checked my account online, and seen the transactions. The money was being deposited into an Alipay.com account overseas. Have no idea how they got the number as the only online sites I use my debit card is with Amazon, Newegg, ComputerGeeks and HighTech (Aces High WWII multiplayer flight sim.). I canceled that card, and the bank refunded all the charges a week, or so later. I now only do money order transactions with vendors, and pay my bills through my banks website. | |
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swhx7
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2007-Jul-28 5:45 pm
Re: I got 10 of 10 rightIf you have a credit card, it's a lot easier than money orders for online transactions, and safer than a debit card. There is theoretically a $50 risk, but in practice you can dispute transactions and get them taken off. And it won't expose your bank account. | |
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10/10Would be funny if there was a bonus game at the end for a perfect score. | |
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chakey
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2007-Jul-28 5:48 pm
9/10Amazon got me. | |
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M A R S
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2007-Jul-28 7:05 pm
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swhx7
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2007-Jul-28 5:59 pm
Is this a useful quiz?Also discussed here: » Can You Identify Phishing?I won't repeat my rant, but some legit sites have grammar/spelling errors, and you can't be expected to know exactly which variation of a logo a company uses, or that sort of thing. Look at the URL first, and then consider what info the page asks for and why you would give it. And if some of the pics in the quiz still don't have URLs showing, it's a bogus quiz designed to sell you something. | |
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It's my birthdayYOU ANSWERED 10 OF 10 QUESTIONS CORRECTLY Rating: Safety Guru | |
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2007-Jul-28 7:29 pm
Re: It's my birthday10/10, only because I know what the login page for Amazon looks like. | |
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Jim Gurd
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2007-Jul-28 8:04 pm
8/10 This is allegedly the real site but look at the message I highlighted. That's why I suspected it was the fake. |
I got this one wrong as well as the SSL one. The SSL question is kind of misleading though. Sure a fake site could have a certificate but the name wouldn't match the site they were impersonating so it's not really much of a threat. | |
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Quiglag
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2007-Jul-28 8:15 pm
10/10 hereI got a 10 out of 10, but my common practice is to never click on any link in an email if it is something i have to login to use. I will just type in the address myself. Places like ebay or paypal will also have the message listed when you log in. | |
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Re: 10/10 heresaid by Quiglag:I got a 10 out of 10, but my common practice is to never click on any link in an email if it is something i have to login to use. I will just type in the address myself. Places like ebay or paypal will also have the message listed when you log in. Yeah. The last time I clicked an email link was a few years back. I ended up with some spyware, and formatted, and reinstalled OS to get rid of it as Adaware, & Spybot S&D couldn't get rid of it. | |
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jkb246
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2007-Jul-28 8:39 pm
10 out of 10, but that Amazon ? was really hardHad to look at that Amazon site for a min before I selected the right one. Good quiz. I'm going to send it to my mom before she is caught in the net | |
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Zoly
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2007-Jul-28 10:39 pm
10 out of 10 Yeh, I have passed the test but it doesn't mean anything though... 2 years ago my CC was charged online for $5000, right 1 month after lexus nexus lost a big portion of their database.
Capital One called me to ask about suspicious charges around 2 am and I said I never ordered those things...
All I had to do is to destroy my CC and they sent me a new one... | |
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oonja
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2007-Jul-28 11:53 pm
Bad QuestionI got 8 out of 10 but the check who the email is from is a bad question. Looking for a bad sender name or domain is a legit way of finding a phishing scam. True good scammers can fake that, but it is still one of the first things you look for. | |
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Sorian
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2007-Jul-29 2:10 am
Re: Bad QuestionYou don't have to be a good scammer to change the sender name. Changing the sender name is very easy. | |
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Spelling:I think I see why one should be suspicious about spelling and grammar. Some guy spoofing a website can't or won't get like thirty people to check out the site to be sure it's professional. An organization like an online bank would probably proofread for a couple of days before posting, I think. | |
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OCP
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2007-Jul-29 10:19 am
9/10I did not notice the grammar errors. Good tip though. I expected it to be easier. | |
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