Vocabulary Breakout Activity

Rearrange the terms on the left column to match the description on the right.

A dishonest attempt to
A person who is make money by tricking
known for regularly people into sharing their False information
login, personal info,
posting short videos contacts, etc. or tricking
intended to trick or
on a blog or social people out of their mislead you.
media. money or digital
property.

An attempt to scam you or

trick you into sharing your A scam that uses text A phishing scam where
login or other personal messages to trick you an attacker targets you
information online. It is into doing something,
more specifically by
done through email, social like share a login or
media, texts, ads or web other personal info, click using pieces of your
pages that look similar to on a link to a bad site or own personal
ones you’re already used to information
download bad software.
but are fake.

News that Creating a fake identity

intentionally lies or or account online to
Able to be relied on
distorts the trick people into
to do what is right or
truth—the popular friending them or
what is needed.
name for it these sharing their personal
days is “fake news” information .

Content that attracts A word directly related to

attention and could the topic of your Internet
push you to click on a search—one of the
False information link to a certain site words you really need to
by using interesting do your search because
formatting or catchy no other word describes
phrases. your topic better.