This is a quiz that tests your ability to catch 'phishing' - fake emails that say things like 'update your account immediately' and link to a site that appears to be from the actual company but actually is an off-site script set up to get your passwords or credit card numbers.
Amazingly I got a 10/10. But I get a lot of these kinds of emails.
snagged from Anything but ordinary
I'll post a few tips below but they might be spoilers
--Spelling, grammar, and non-standard coporate cs speak can be good tip-offs but even the big guys make typos and such. Non corporate customer service speak is a much bigger red flag to me than spelling errors.
--Links that take you directly to a specific page that don't link to other common pages like support or the main index.
--Links to scripts - if there's a /cgi in the url definitely take a second look.
--Buttons where you can't see the url that it's linked to.
--Usually anything threatening you verify or change your account info IMMEDIATELY or by a certain date is bad. Threatening you buy something or your account will be suspended should be a good tip-off.
--Legitimate emails that involve you needing to input personal info and passwords tend to have some kind of fine print.
--Just because the email isn't html formatted or doesn't have the company logo doesn't mean it isn't legit.
--You don't usually need to use personal information to track a package.
If in doubt - go to the main address (ex. http://www.paypal.com, http://www.ebay.com) and find their 'contact customer service' or 'fraud prevention' contact and forward the email to them to ask if this is real or not.