Reported by: Joe Ducey
Email: jducey@abc15.com
Produced by: Quita Jackson TAMPA BAY, FL -- Think you're spam proof?
There is an online game that exposes things you may not know about scams that trick people out of billions of dollars every year.
No matter how fool proof you think you are, scammers find a way to get into your computer.
Now, the
Federal Trade Commission has an interactive video game that may help keep the scammers from playing games with your money.
It's called
onguardonline.gov.
It has 13 common scam categories including Follywood Squares, The Friend Finder and a game that resembles, TicTacToe.
The games ask you questions to help make you smarter on everything from spam and spyware to phishing and file-sharing.
I played a few of the games and some of the questions were easy, but I have to admit, I did have a few questions stump me.
Sure it's a game, and if you lose it's no big deal.
But, blow it in real life, and your money is gone for good.
So, you may want to brush up on your skills.
