Online Safety

Is it safe to use your real information for an online gaming character?

• Yes, that's the way you play!

• Yes, but only your real name, address, and age

• Yes, but only sometimes

• It’s better not to give personal information, even when making an online character.

Phishing means

• Using a pole in the water and catching fish!

• Did Melodie forget to use Spell Check?

• Websites and emails that are made just to trick you so criminals can steal your information

• All of the answers are correct

Can you get an email scam from someone even if you never gave your email to that person?

• No, you can only get an email scam from someone you know.

• Yes, phishing scams use ways to fake things and to get information from other places

• No, you can only get an email scam if you give out your email to your teacher for email pals.

• No, only friends and family know your email.

Which of the following is a tip to avoid falling for scams?

• Thinking before you click

• Stay offline forever

• Click to find out more

• None of the answers are good tips

Chain emails are...

• A way to make sure you get money and make friends

• A way to communicate with your friends

• A way for you to help criminals to spread scams and tricks

• None of the answers are correct

Personality tests like the ones you find on Face Book are

• A fun way to learn more about yourself

• A way for criminals to collect information about you that is used in passwords or recovery questions

• A way of making you more attractive to other people

• All of the answers are correct

Pop-Up ads are

• Funny jokes

• Just annoying but actually are safe

• A way to win contests and get fun prizes

• None of these answers are correct

Which of the following is also a scam?

• Become a laptop tester

• Free sports equipment for filling out a survey

• Your bank security asking you to change your password

• All of these answers are true

Sending personal information like a social insurance number or credit card number by email is ok if...

• It's for Mohawk College

• It's to a family member

• It's to a well known company

• None of these answers are true

I can do the following things to be careful and prevent online problems like phishing

• Use anti-virus software

• Slow down, think twice and double check before clicking links and attachments

• Tell others about what I learned about phishing and talk about it so more people are aware

• All of these answers are true