Yeah, I messed up the Chase one too. The "Residential
Address Line 1", followed by "Address Line 2" seemed
suspicious to me.
I missed the amazon one. I must have missed the
exclamation mark. Their idea that two drop down menu's
are odd... well... I'd never have recognized that as
being odd without having used the site for a while.
I think it's an odd test anyhow, as it's testing your
trust of unknown sites based on site content (I've never
seen most of these sites, and don't use amazon.com but
instead amazon.de and amazon.co.uk), when on such sites
the URL is extremely important. Frankly, I wouldn't have
trusted half of the "trustworthy" sites normally.
Furthermore, they removed personally identifiable
information - but that kind of information is crucially
important to recognizing a false site...
10/10! Woo-hoo!
"Nice work! Your practically clairvoyant knowledge of
the Web allows you to spot even the most realistic
looking spoofed sites. We're impressed!"
Damn, Chase got me too.
10/10 :-)
It would have been easier if the URL had been visible
for all sites. That's the first thing I check. But I
suppose McAfee's marketing department had other things
in mind...
w00t, 10/10 :)
I wonder how many phishers will now use this test to
make sure their site passes all the tests with flying
colors :P
Most of them were educated guesses, based on the
comparison. However, presented with one single page and
no possibility to compare, I would spontaneously check:
- the url first
- urgent warnings
- 'dear valued customer' instead of my name
- typos and spelling mistakes
YOU ANSWERED 10 OF 10 QUESTIONS CORRECTLY
Rating: Safety Guru
Nice work! Your practically clairvoyant knowledge of the
Web allows you to spot even the most realistic looking
spoofed sites. We're impressed!
It's a bit of a pain that you have to look at the
full-size screens to do it successfully; some of the
clues involve misspelled words that you can't see at the
smaller size.