{"id":"sec-col-aid-email-group-chat-psa","audience":"college","category":"security","track":"security","technique":"format","title":"Warn your group chat about a fake financial aid email","free":false,"task":"A fake financial aid email is going around your dorm. Post a warning in the group chat: first line exactly 'PSA: fake aid email going around', then exactly 2 bullets each quoting a red flag from the email, then a last line starting 'Report it:' with the campus reporting steps. Plain text, under 60 words.","materialLabel":"The email and the IT page (attached to your prompt automatically)","material":"From: Student Aid Office <aid-office@westbrook-edu-support.example.net>\nSubject: ACTION REQUIRED: Your Fall refund of $1,284.00 is on hold\n\nDear Student,\n\nYour financial aid refund of $1,284.00 is on hold due to a verification issue. To release your funds within 24 hours, sign in with your student portal username and password at the link below and confirm your direct deposit information.\n\nhttps://westbrook-aid-refund.example.net/verify\n\nFailure to verify by 5 PM today will cancel your refund.\n\nWestbrook University Financial Aid\n\n---\nWestbrook IT Security page - \"Reporting suspicious email\":\n- Use the \"Report phishing\" button in your student email.\n- Don't click links or reply.\n- If you already entered your password, change it at password.westbrook.example.edu and call the IT help desk at (555) 012-4357.\n- Real Westbrook email always ends in @westbrook.example.edu.","rules":[{"type":"plainText"},{"type":"maxBullets","max":2},{"type":"maxWords","max":60}],"mistakes":[{"title":"A long warning","why":"The AI writes paragraphs nobody reads in a group chat.","fix":"Limit it: \"First line, 2 bullets, one Report it: line. Under 45 words.\"","checks":["maxBullets","maxWords"]},{"title":"No recognizable opener","why":"Without a clear first line, people scroll past.","fix":"Say: \"First line exactly: PSA: fake aid email going around\"","checks":["r0"]},{"title":"Generic red flags","why":"The AI says 'urgent language' without quoting the email.","fix":"Ask: \"Each bullet quotes the email.\"","checks":["r1"]},{"title":"No reporting step","why":"The AI ends with 'stay safe!'","fix":"Add: \"Last line: Report it: the steps from the IT page.\"","checks":["r2"]},{"title":"Letting markdown in","why":"AI adds bold and headings by default, and in a group chat they show up as stray symbols.","fix":"Add: \"Plain text only, no bold, no headings.\"","checks":["plainText"]}],"promptHints":[{"label":"Gives the exact first line","patterns":["psa","first line","start with"]},{"label":"Asks for quotes","patterns":["quote","from the email","exact"]},{"label":"Ends with reporting steps","patterns":["report it","report phishing","last line"]},{"label":"Limits the bullets","patterns":["\\b(2|two)\\b.{0,15}bullet","bullet.{0,20}\\b(2|two)\\b"]},{"label":"Asks for plain text","patterns":["plain","no bold","no markdown","no formatting","no headings"]}],"hint":"Group chat warnings need to be short and recognizable. Give the AI the exact first line, ask for quoted red flags, and end with how to report.","rubricLabels":["The first line is exactly 'PSA: fake aid email going around'","There are exactly 2 bullets, each quoting the email (for example the westbrook-edu-support.example.net sender, 'sign in with your student portal username and password', 'by 5 PM today', or the westbrook-aid-refund.example.net link)","The last line starts 'Report it:' and mentions the Report phishing button, and the post does not include the fake link as a clickable instruction"]}