AI Academy · interactive exercise
Anatomy of a scam
Scam messages no longer have spelling mistakes. Find the signs that still give them away: sender, urgency, the request and the link.
Example 1 of 3 · Email: “your mailbox will be deleted”
Click the parts that look suspicious. Click again to undo.
From: IT Support <it-support@mail-office-verify.com>
Subject: URGENT: your mailbox will be deleted in 24 hours
Hello,
due to a system upgrade, your mailbox has reached its storage limit. If you do not confirm your account within 24 hours, all messages will be permanently deleted.
To confirm, sign in with your work password:
This message has been scanned — no viruses found.
Kind regards, IT team
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Lesson for this exercise · 7 minPhishing in the age of AI: email, SMS, QR codes