Q3 Digital Deceptions: Inbox Analyzer
Inbox Security Team
Welcome to the Media Club Studio Inbox Security Team—your goal is to protect our club's inbox from digital tricksters!
Discussion Questions: While playing the video below focused on how scammers hack your brain. Pay special attention to the following:
- What are the 3 psychological hooks that scammers use to hack your brain?
- What is the 4-point checklist to take your power back from online scammers?
Direct link (3:35 min.)
Inbox Security Inspector
Being the core production member of your team, you need to have a soldi grasp on your inbox safety.
Step 1. Inspect each message in the inbox inspector by:
- Carefully evaluate the sender domain.
- Watch for high-pressure urgency & spot suspicious links.
- Unmask the scammer’s psychological hook.
- Assign a final threat verdict and select the proper Media Club Action Plan for every email before submitting your audit.
- Once you complete your inspection, take a screenshot of your final completion certificate and paste it directly to your student portfolio to verify your studio security clearance!
- Now, launch the Inbox Security Inspector simulation.
Step 2. With intention, check out the T19 Q3 Threat Scanner slide deck for more practice on identifying scams.
Competencies & Standards
MITECS Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students, and
2. Digital Citizen
a. Cultivate and manage their digital identity and reputation and are aware of the permanence of their actions in the digital world
b. Engage in positive, safe, legal and ethical behavior when using technology, including social interactions online or when using networked devices
d. Manage their personal data to maintain digital privacy and security and are aware of data-collection technology used to track their navigation online
5. Computational Thinker
b. Collect data or identify relevant data sets