🎣 Phase 3 - Investigation
🎣 Group B
⏱ 10 minutes
Task 5 - Group B: Phishing Investigators
Check sender, urgency, link, language and request for data.
Step 1 - Tap at least 4 warning signs in this fictional message
URGENT!
You won 500 game coins.
Confirm in 5 minutes at
game-reward.example and
enter your login.
0 / 5 warning signs flagged (need at least 4)
🔒 This is a printed/screenshot example - never click a real suspicious link.
Step 2 - What's the safest next step?
Name a trusted way to verify the claim
🎮 Check the game's official app or site directly
🧑🏫 Ask a teacher or trusted adult
🔍 Search for the offer on a trusted source
🤖
Prepared AI answer
"How do I know if a message is phishing?"
"If a message has bad spelling, it's phishing. If the spelling and grammar look correct, the message is safe to trust."
Tap the claim that needs checking - is it accurate, incomplete, or misleading?
Good thinking - this claim is misleading. Good spelling does not prove a message is safe - many convincing phishing messages are well-written. Urgency, unexpected prizes, suspicious links and requests for login details matter far more than spelling.
Your Group B Digital Shield
🎣 Phishing Investigators - findings
Warning signs flagged:
Safest action: Do not click - verify through a trusted, separate channel
Trusted verification method:
AI claim checked: the "good spelling means safe" claim, classified as
Next up
Urgency and a suspicious link are warning signs. Let's meet the Privacy Guardians.
What happens in Task 5
A 10-minute Phase 3 - Investigation activity. As Group B - Phishing Investigators, students inspect a fictional prize message, flag at least four warning signs, choose the safest next step and a trusted verification method, then verify one prepared AI answer about spotting phishing.
🎯 Learning objectives
To recognise common phishing clues, and to practise verifying AI-generated safety advice rather than trusting it automatically.
♿ SEN Adaptations
- The message can be reduced to three clues for lower cognitive load
- All response options are pre-written taps - no typing required
- Voice or oral responses accepted for discussion
🖨️ No-Tech Format
- Printed message with warning signs circled by hand
- Group discusses and selects the safest response and trusted verification method on paper
- Teacher reads the AI answer aloud for group discussion