AI Can Help Bad People Make Scams

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1. A message pops up: 'RESPOND RIGHT NOW or your account gets deleted!' What is this message trying to do?

   1. Help you fix a real problem with your account
   2. Stop you from thinking carefully by creating panic
   3. Test your password strength
   4. Give you a free upgrade

2. A message says 'You won a $500 gift card! Click here to claim!' What should you do?

   1. Click the link right away before the offer expires
   2. Ask a friend if they got the same message
   3. Stop, don't click, and show it to a trusted adult
   4. Share your name and address to claim the prize

3. AI has made scams easier to create because:

   1. AI can hack into your email
   2. AI can write convincing fake messages very fast
   3. AI can steal your phone
   4. AI knows your password

4. You get a message that looks like it's from your best friend asking for your home address. What should you remember?

   1. Friends can always be trusted, so share it
   2. Scammers can copy someone's name or photo to fake messages
   3. Only share your address if the message is from a game
   4. Address sharing is safe as long as it's in a private chat

5. What are THREE big warning signs of a scam message?

   1. Long message, uses your name, has a photo
   2. Urgency or panic, offer too good to be true, asking for personal info or money
   3. Comes from an unknown email, has spelling errors, is very short
   4. Has a link, uses emojis, arrives at night

6. A message in a game tells you that you won a rare item and just need to enter your password to claim it. What should you do?

   1. Enter your password quickly so the item doesn't expire
   2. Ask a friend in the game to enter their password first to test it
   3. Stop, don't enter anything, and show it to a trusted adult
   4. Use a fake password to see what happens

7. Why is the phrase 'too good to be true' a helpful thing to remember?

   1. It helps you find the best deals online
   2. It reminds you that amazing free offers are usually tricks
   3. It tells you when something costs too much
   4. It means you should always ask for a better deal

8. A scam message arrives in an email pretending to be from a store you like. The message asks for your parent's credit card number. What should you do?

   1. Check if your parent has shopped there before, then decide
   2. Reply and ask why they need it
   3. Never share financial information and show the email to a trusted adult
   4. Look at the store's website to confirm the message is real before replying

9. Why do scammers want to create urgency or panic in their messages?

   1. To make their message sound exciting and interesting
   2. To stop you from taking time to think or ask an adult
   3. Because they have very little time to send messages
   4. To test how quickly you can read and respond

10. You get a message asking you to click a link to 'verify your account.' You weren't expecting any message. What's the best first step?

    1. Click the link to see if the account is really in trouble
    2. Ignore it and delete it immediately
    3. Stop, don't click, and show it to a trusted adult
    4. Reply to the message asking if it's real

11. Which of these is the safest thing to do when you're not sure if a message is a scam?

    1. Google the message to find out if it's real
    2. Show it to a trusted adult before doing anything
    3. Reply to ask if it's from a real company
    4. Check how many other people got the same message

12. What makes AI-generated scam messages harder to spot than older scams?

    1. They always use your real name
    2. They come from official-looking email addresses
    3. They can be written to sound convincing and natural very quickly
    4. They include photos of real products

13. A message comes into your game chat from someone claiming to be a game moderator. They say your account will be banned unless you share your password right now. What should you do?

    1. Share your password so you don't lose your account
    2. Tell them you'll share it after they prove who they are
    3. Stop, don't share anything, and tell a trusted adult — real moderators never ask for passwords
    4. Log out and log back in to fix the issue

14. Your friend tells you they got a message from 'you' asking them to send money. You never sent that message. What most likely happened?

    1. Someone found your friend's phone and used it
    2. A scammer copied your name or account to send a fake message
    3. Your account was accidentally used by a glitch
    4. Your friend is confused about who sent the message

15. Which combination of warning signs would make you MOST suspicious that a message is a scam?

    1. Message from a friend, says hello, asks how you're doing
    2. Message from an unknown sender, asks for your address, says 'This offer expires in 1 hour!'
    3. Message from a store, shows your order number, asks you to confirm delivery
    4. Message from a teacher, reminds you about homework, has the school logo