Stay safe from scams

How to play

Parts of the game

Along the top you will find 3 buttons. Start Game begins the game. Mark as Phishing marks an email as phishing. Mark as Safe marks an email as safe. On the right of the screen you will find your best score so far, your current score and the time remaining in the current game.

You will see a replica email client. On the left are typical folders found in an email. The folders are disabled and are only there to make it look more authentic.

When ready, click on the Start Game button.

Game Play

1. After clicking Start Game your emails will appear. Click on an email to see it's contents.
2. The email will contain the subject, who it is from showing you their email address and the content of the email. Some emails will contain links and some will contain attachments. Neither the links or attachments do anything.
3. To see where a link in an email lead to, hover over the blue text. A box highlighting the URL will appear near the link. You can use this information to determine if the link is suspicious or not.
4. Mark an email as either phishing or safe by clicking on the Mark as Phishing or Mark as Safe buttons. A correct answer will give you 10 points and highlight the email as green. An incorrect answer will deduct 5 points and mark the email in red.
5. You can go through each email and see the contents of the email before answering, however, once answered you will not be able to return to the email.
6. If you get all answers correct you will receive 150 bonus points.
7. You will receive 1 bonus point for every second remaining on the clock.
8. Your personal score is saved automaically on your device.