Phishing & social engineering · Beginner · about 5 min · free

Check an urgent account message

Understand

Phishing tries to make someone act on a deceptive message. Verify requests through a trusted channel instead of following a message's link.

Example

Made-up message: 'Your payroll account closes in 10 minutes. Sign in at payroll-check.example.' You did not request a change.

1. How should you check the request?
2. Why is independent verification useful?

English, Hindi or a mix. The two checks are marked; this note is kept without an AI grade.