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Old 12th Oct 2009, 23:28
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Test your Spam/Phishing email detection skills

Here is an online test which highlights what to look for to detect good and bad emails.
Phishing and Spam IQ Quiz by SonicWALL
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Old 13th Oct 2009, 11:27
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pah... too easy... 10 out of 10 !
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Old 13th Oct 2009, 13:27
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Also 10/10 but I doubt my mother would manage the same, phishing is getting more and more realistic all the time!
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Old 13th Oct 2009, 16:08
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Unfortunately it misses out the easy way which is to hover the mouse over the link and read the URL.
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Unfortunately it misses out the easy way
Have another look gg ....
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My score 9/10

I'm getting old. Only 9/10 - one of the Q's foxed me. As said, if you are less than familiar with EM's say as an occasional user or inexperenced (supposedly 10 Million peops in the UK have not usd the interweb..) its too easy to be caught out. requesting log on details etc is the big giveaway.

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