You have received several emails from a company offering you a summer internship. You are very interested in the extended learning opportunity; however, you are a little concerned that the company is asking you to verify your social security number by clicking on an embedded link. You ignore your initial concern and follow the link. The company’s website looks legitimate, so you enter your social security information. You later find out this was a scam aimed at high school students. The website you visited is an example of a(1 point)

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You have received several emails from a company offering you a summer internship. You are very interested in the extended learning opportunity; however, you are a little concerned that the company is asking you to verify your social security number by clicking on an embedded link. You ignore your initial concern and follow the link. The company’s website looks legitimate, so you enter your social security information. You later find out this was a scam aimed at high school students. The website you visited is an example of a(1 point)
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unsecured site.
unsecured site.

social media site.
social media site.

blog.
blog.

spoofed site.

GPT-4o mini · Answer

The website you visited is an example of a **spoofed site**. Spoofed sites are designed to mimic legitimate websites in order to deceive users into providing sensitive information, such as social security numbers.