Hook, Line

A timed inbox-triage game: separate genuine finance messages from phishing scams before the clock runs out and a misplaced trust empties your account.

How to play

Messages arrive as emails, texts, and calls. Some are your real bank; some are scams trying to hook you. Decide on each one before the 60-second round timer expires — anything left untriaged is auto-trusted, the costly default.

• Read the sender, subject, and body for tells of a scam.
• Tap Flag scam or Trust it; correct triage protects your balance, mistakes cost you.
• Watch for artificial urgency, unsolicited links, code requests, gift-card demands, and offers too good to be true.
• Clear a round with zero scams trusted and zero real messages flagged to advance to a harder level.

Controls

• Desktop: click Flag scam or Trust it, then Next; click Daily or Practice to start.
• Phone & tablet: tap the same buttons — designed for touch.

Tips & strategy

• Don't let the clock rush you into trusting by default — a quick flag on anything suspicious is safer than running out of time.
• Genuine bank messages never ask for your codes or push you to a link under threat; that pattern is almost always a scam.

What you'll learn

Hook, Line is a financial-safety game about recognising phishing and social-engineering scams under pressure.

• Skills: online safety, phishing recognition, social engineering, digital literacy
• Best for: roughly grades 6–12 (ages 11+)
• For parents & teachers: spotting scams before they cost you.

About Hook, Line

Hook, Line is a financial-safety game about recognising phishing and social-engineering scams under pressure. It is an original, free browser game built in-house.

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