Phishing
Define something that can lead to scams being effective
Empathy, Urgency, Charity
Why is over educating on phishing scams harmful?
False Positives
In what form does scareware usually show up as?
ad/message pop-up (in the form of antivirus applications)
What are the top two countries where tourist scams occur?
Brazil
India
What does it mean when a scam is defined as a “Spear” phishing attack?
When the attack singles out one specific individual
Why is it harmful to businesses when consumers do not interact?
Less interaction causes less profits towards the company.
What are two types of scareware?
Scamware
Ransomware
Why do scammers target tourists?
New to the country, naiveness, gullible, carrying valuables and/or large sums of money
What is one thing to look out for when deciding if an email is a scam?
Poor image formatting, Grammatical/Spelling errors
Do businesses ask for your personal information inside of a email?
What does scareware need the victim to experience in order for it to work?
Fear
What is a common scam in India?
The costly blessing, fake donations to temples
Why do impersonation phishing emails hurt the respective company or charity in the long run?
Seeing an email sent fraudulently still may harm the consumer’s trust of the company/charity
Why is it that phishing scams are still effective today?
Technological advances
Low risk high reward
True or False: Scamware lies about what it will accomplish or complete
True
True or false: In the short span of only three years, travel scams in Mexico have increased by more than 200%.
True
What is the goal of the “Whaling” type of phishing attack?
Pretending to act as a CEO/Higher up of a company to gain access to a worker’s computer documents/information
True or False. Phishing emails are completely picked up by googles AI and put into your spam.
False
List 3 ways to prevent becoming a victim of scareware
Use trusted antivirus software, ad/popup blocker, keep browsers up to date, don't click random pop ups(common sense), close your browser if you find one.
What are some ways you can avoid tourist scams?
Google the place you’re going to and the common scams around there, the internet