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I failed one of those because I have script blockers on my browser and I wanted to see what the scam was.
The URL is likely unique to identify you as soon as you have clicked.
Simply write a script to cycle through thousands of URLs. The whole company will get identified and then nobody has to retake the training.
I suspect that there are more than a few thousands URLs to if you want to go down that route.
Yeah, that's why I had to take the online safety course again.
It wouldn't have been able to do much to my computer though, if it really was a suspicious site.
I got to take security training for that once, too.
It was worth it.
Same, script blocker, virtual machine, etc. Found that apparently you are not meant to forward/report the scam to IT either.
Moral of story: Never inform the company of any suspicious behavior; just ignore it.
There's a button that says report phishing for many companies
some phishing emails also have a button like that, very funny
Keyword here being "many companies".