Phishing IQ Test

[NetRyder]

Heeter's thread reminded me of this little quiz that I took a couple of weeks ago. Basically, it displays 10 emails and you have to decide whether they're real or fraudulent.

See how you do 🙂
http://survey.mailfrontier.com/survey/quiztest.html

I was able to get 9/10
Don't read until you take the quiz:

Spoiler

I misjudged the CapitalOne message. It was legit, but I marked it as a fraud. I have a CapitalOne credit card, so I do receive these mails myself. It looked like the real thing, and I was going to select 'Legitimate' but the URL in the status bar of the message window threw me off at the last minute.

 

[logisticprism]

damn i got 9/10 also.

Spoiler: what i got wrong

i got washington mutual wrong. it was an obvious fraud in hindsight.

 

[tom9042]

I got 8 out of 10 correct. I also was wrong on an account I actually have -- Chase.

Thanks for bringing this test to my attention.

 

[Maveric169]

I got 6 out of 10, I thought too many were phishing attempts. But then again I follow a simple rule, NEVER follow a link via email. I will use my browser and go dirrectly to the site.

 

[Tittles]

80%...got the chase and mutual ones wrong.

 

[Bluke]

Got 10/10, Kind of tricky on some of them but if you read the address bar at the bottom it tells you what domain it's coming from. So you can know if it's legit. If it's ebay.domainnamehere.com, it would be fake and they would be using a subdomain, but if it's sales.ebay.com it should be legit as ebay does have subdomains.

 

[sean.ferguson]

You got 9 out of 10 correct, or 90 %

i got the capitol one card wrong :s

 

[Ferral_Imp]

I got 9 out of 10 right. I got the chase one wrong.

 

[LordOfLA]

I got capitalone and bank of america wrong. URL's threw me.. bfi0.com ???

 

[NetRyder]

URL's threw me.. bfi0.com ???

Yeah, same here. That was a weird one. 😀

 

[Kush]

i got 8 out of 10 but i got ones that were legit as fraud so its ok, i was being extra safe

 

[xsivforce]

8/10 - Bank of America and Capitol One wrong.

 

[melon]

Whoo hoo....10/10 correct. The link would often give it away, but the specific content of the message really made the difference for me.

Melon

 

[Admiral Michael]

8/10 here.

 

[apu95]

8/10 too....i screwed up paypal (ive no idea how that happened, i use paypal all the time, lol) and washington mutual.

Edit: i see it now, duh, i didnt look at that signup link in the bottom ¬_¬

 

[synical33]

damn i got 80% also but that is good though
when it comes to banking i usually know what is what i mean one should know where they bank and how they perform there online banking right!

 

[falconguard]

9/10 for me, believe it or not I got MSN wrong, Doh!

 

[ApparitionX]

8/10 here, but like mafia.69, I pointed the finger at a few legit ones being extra parano...er "safe". 😛

 

[SPeedY_B]

Made another test for you all to take: http://speedyb.osnn.net/phishing.php

good luck.

 

[Mastershakes]

LOL - I like Speedy's test. Second question is the best quiz question ever.