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Digital Detectives

In an age of increasing digital fraud, it's vital to recognize scams targeting innocent internet users. This lesson empowers students to sharpen their detective skills by evaluating the authenticity of online communications. Students will learn to identify common features of email scams, such as phishing, scareware, and chain emails. Through interactive activities, they will discern fake messages and understand strategies to protect their identities. By the end of this lesson, learners will have the tools to navigate the digital world safely.

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Digital Detectives

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  1. Digital Detectives Lesson 5: Spot the Scam

  2. Introduction • Internet users are becoming increasingly vulnerable to digital scams where criminals often try to steal money or somebody’s identity using fraudulent emails, websites or other methods. • In this lesson you’ll be using your detective skills to identify and deal with some scams.

  3. Objectives • Know that there are a huge number of internet/email scams • Understand that you need to critically examine the authenticity of digital communications • Be able to identify common features of digital scams, and be able to deal with them appropriately

  4. Starter (5 mins) • Look at the two emails using CD Resources 5a and 5b. • Which one is real? • Which one is fake? • How do you know?

  5. Last lesson, you looked at how sounds can be manipulated to mislead people or alter a message. • Today, you will use your detective skills to investigate a different kind of fraud: email scams.

  6. Task 1 (10 mins) • Read Page 9 of your Student Book, down to and including Step 5.7. • Go to http://www.hoax-slayer.com/email-hoax-archive.html andfind an example of each of the following: • A phishing scam • A chain email • Scareware • A mobile phone scam

  7. Task 2 (20 mins) • Now complete CD Resource 5c. • Your task is to spot which are obvious scams, and spot the clues that give them away. Save your document when you have finished!

  8. Extension • Go to www.sonicwall.com/phishing • Try the IQ Test!

  9. Plenary • Play the SpamSwatter game on the wiki – are YOU as smart as your email software?

  10. Glossary Terms • Define the following terms in your ICT Dictionary: Scam Spyware Malware Trojan Identity Theft Scareware Chain Email Pop-up Authenticity Fraud

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