Question

josiah received an unknown email with the subject line,
eceive $5000 for sending an email.\ he received it from ghaskgft$$$@lottery4u.com. josiah, drawn in by the subject line, filled in his personal information using the link provided on the email. clicking on the link also led to a virus attack on his computer.

with regard to the given scenario, the email received by josiah could be characterized as ________.

options:

• a cookie
• spam
• spyware
• a keylogger
• i dont know yet

Explanation:

The email is unsolicited, from an unknown sender, uses a deceptive subject line to trick the recipient into providing personal info and clicking a link that causes harm (virus attack). These are key traits of spam.

Answer:

B. spam