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Anti-Phishing Phil™ is an engaging online game that teaches students and adults how to identify phishing URLs. The game was developed at Carnegie Mellon (in partnership with Wombat Security Technologies). Scientific evaluation has shown that Phil is more engaging than traditional training solutions and significantly more effective in terms of how well people are later able to detect phishing attacks and how long they remember what they have learned.

Watch this excellent video from Microsoft to find out more about phishing e-mail scams and how they are used for identity theft. The video will show you how fraudulent e-mail messages and spoofed Web sites-two common forms of phishing-can trick you into s

Download this lesson plan from I-Safe which introduces students to the term phishing and the threat of identity theft associated with this type of e-mail. Students will:
*understand the term phishing and the types of e-mail it applies to
* understand the security risks associated with this type of message
*engage in an activity to reinforce concepts by sharing information with others

A short guide to recognizing and avoiding email phishing scams.

Learn all about phishing and spoof sites with this flash tutorial from ByteCrime.org and McAfee.

A short guide to recognizing and avoiding phishing scams done by the folks at CommonCraft.com

OnGuardOnline.gov provides practical tips from the federal government and the technology industry to help you be on guard against Internet fraud, secure your computer, and protect your personal information. There are ten colorful flash-based quizzes here appropriate for students on security topics such as phishing, hackers, spyware etc.

Educational partnership with I-Safe. OnGuardOnline.gov provides practical tips from the federal government and the technology industry to help consumers be on guard against Internet fraud, secure your computer, and protect your personal information. This site also includes three PSA's that can be shown in the classroom.

Great 3-minute safety video from the YouTube Safety Team. "How to recognize and steer clear of tricks online" covers scams, phony free offers, phishing, pop-up contests etc.

26 page guide for Educators on Safety, Security and Ethics produced for K-12 students and teachers by the IIIA/James Madison University in cooperation with the Office of Ed Tech for the State of Virginia. Covers digital communication topics like ethics, digital footprint, flaming, spyware, viruses, hoaxes, spoofing & phishing, spam, identity theft, privacy, cyberpredators, social networking, gaming, and bullying via cell phone.

In this lesson, students research different types of identity-theft fraud and ways to avoid falling victim to various scams. They then create focused public service announcements in different media, targeted to individuals most susceptible to consumer fraud.

A short guide to recognizing and avoiding phishing scams by Lee LeFever at CommonCraft.

Feeling up for a challenge? Then test your cyber smarts with one - or all - of 12 interactive quizzes on everything from spam and spyware to phishing and file-sharing.

Feeling up for a challenge? Then test your cyber smarts with one - or all - of 12 interactive quizzes on everything from spam and spyware to phishing and file-sharing.

Stolen accounts-caused by aggressive phishing attacks and distribution of malicious programs to collect passwords-have become a plague upon the Web. Spammers want them so their messages can get past spam filters. And crooks, who often lock out the true owners by changing their passwords, use them to find and get inside financial accounts or to impersonate the owners and weasel money out of their friends.

Rising concerns about computer security are evident in the San Jose Mercury News three-part series which focused on everything from phishing schemes and identity theft to student safety on the Internet. In many districts, technology directors are finding they have to do more and more to insure that data is not compromised and to see that students are not using school networks to access inappropriate content.
Part I: How online crooks put us all at risk
Part II: How well are we protecting ourselves?
Part III: U.S. targets terrorists as online thieves run amok

ClubSymantec is a safety and security resource center for Internet security and other computer related topics. Great advice and many topics here that could be assigned to students for presentation. Resources include advice on identity protection, password security, shopping safely online, spam control, spyware, phishing scams etc.

From Childnet International, this site aims to give students advice and information on computer security issues in a practical and simple way. It was created by an 18 year old and addresses topics like spyware, adware, trojans and viruses, spam and phishing, identity theft, pop-ups and file-sharing. It would be best suited for high school students.

Consumer Reports WebWatch presents a three-minute animated video with an original song written and performed by singer/songwriter Dean Friedman and animated by Powerhouse Animation. The video is part of WebWatch's Look Before You Click campaign, supported by a grant from the New York State Attorney Generals office, to help educate New York consumers about Internet fraud. Download the lyrics at: http://www.consumerwebwatch.org/pdfs/gonephishing.pdf

Budd:e Secondary explores advanced e-security topics, including: creating content, file-sharing, pop-ups, privacy, sharing, scams, spam, spyware, malware, phishing, online transactions and computer viruses. Includes videos and teacher resources.

The Cable Industry's effort to educate parents about protecting their child's identity online. Click on the video link at the bottom of the page to access six flash videos: Internet Safety Pledge, media literacy, phishing and predators, kids' blogging content, privacy issues, etc. Resources are in English and Spanish.