---
title: "Can you spot the Phishing Scam?"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/7/19/can-you-spot-the-phishing-scam.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2007/7/19/can-you-spot-the-phishing-scam.html"
published: "2007-07-19T17:12:58"
updated: "2007-07-19T17:12:58"
tags: ["Off Topic", "Security"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "I thought I had it beat, but I only got 9 out of 10 in the \" recognize the phishing scam \" quiz. Interesting! If you don't know what Phishing is, I suggest you take this quiz to find out! [via Amit ]"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Can you spot the Phishing Scam?

By Roy Osherove July 19, 2007 In [Off Topic](https://osherove.com/blog/category/off-topic), [Security](https://osherove.com/blog/category/security)

**Historical article** · Originally published July 19, 2007; technical details may be outdated.

I thought I had it beat, but I only got 9 out of 10 in the "[recognize the phishing scam](http://www.siteadvisor.com/quizzes/phishing_0707/)" quiz. Interesting!

If you don't know what Phishing is, I suggest you take this quiz to find out!

\[via [Amit](http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/07/how-good-are-you-at-recognizing-fake.html)\]

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## About the author

**Roy Osherove**: Senior Solutions Architect at AWS working on AI for production and AI-driven development; author of The Art of Unit Testing and Elastic Leadership, with about 20 years of consulting and training on unit testing, TDD, team leadership and continuous delivery.

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