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Is this email genuine?

Learners assess a fictional email requesting changed payment details and look for signs of possible fraud.

Teaching example from Prios · Draft

Critical thinkingReadingDigital skills
#Source criticism and information evaluation#Digital judgement

Workplace situation

An employee receives a fictional email claiming to come from a supplier and asking for payment details to be changed immediately.

Learning objectives

  • Identify signs of possible fraud.
  • Assess the sender and language.
  • Work out how information should be verified.
  • Understand the risk of acting uncritically.

Suggested activities

  1. Read a fictional suspicious email.
  2. Identify details that create uncertainty.
  3. Discuss which sources should be checked.
  4. Suggest a safe way to follow up.
  5. Reflect on whether AI-generated messages can make fraud more convincing.

Reflection questions

  • Why can a professionally written message still be fake?

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