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HEY YOU 👋🏽
Ever gotten an email that looked real but made your gut say “something’s off”?
That wasn’t your paranoia. That was your instinct catching a fake imposter.
From AI-generated videos to imposters in your inbox… Fakes are everywhere now
Most people can’t tell the difference and get scammed on a daily basis.
🧡 Let’s fix that:
📩 1. Fake Emails
Scammers love pretending to be brands, bosses, or banks.
❌ What to watch for:
Email address doesn’t match the display name
(usually will have a string of numbers on the email address)Weird grammar, random spacing, random suspicious fonts
Bad / re-routed links
(hover first: real link it’s leading to appears on the bottom left corner of your screen)Urgent language like “Act now!” or “Verify immediately”
✔️ What to do:
Google the actual sender’s domain
(Eg. SUS LINK: chase.org.verify.com-.net)Look for security markers like “[secure]” or verified signatures
When in doubt: call the person or log in manually through the real website
🧠 2. AI Deepfakes
That video of a celebrity endorsing a meme coin? Might be 100% AI.
❌ What to watch for:
Off lip-syncing or glitchy eyes
Odd intonation or robotic movements
Background noise that doesn’t match the scene
“Too perfect” looking visuals
Weird hand / leg movements (or even heads that turn 360 😐)
✔️ What to do:
Reverse image/video search the footage
Check if trusted media sources have covered it
Google it (I know…. weird)
Assume any “urgent message” from a public figure = fake until proven otherwise
Hold on tho… Hear me out, AI isn’t just used to trick people;
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📱 3. Social Media Doppelgänger
Fake accounts aren’t just bots anymore. They’re humans pretending to be you.
❌ What to watch for:
Handles that look like yours with one small change (like 0 instead of O, underscore at the end, one extra hidden letter)
Recent account creation, barely any real engagement
Profile page full of “reposted content” from an eerily similar account (yeah they repost the original creator’s content to “appear” to be them to someone not paying attention)
DMing your followers to “invest in crypto” or “support a cause”
✔️ What to do:
Report and block instantly
Notify the person they are impersonating if anything
If it’s you, post a warning to your real followers before damage spreads
Fakes are getting more and more convincing.
But you’re smarter than them because you’re reading this 😉
❥ You don’t need to be paranoid.
❥ You just need to pay attention.
Stay Cautious. Stay Vigilant.
Stay Skeptical. Stay Safe.
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That’s it for this edition of Explained Without Fluff.
Hope this helped. See you on the next one.
— Auny 🧡
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