Check content for AI warning signals

A QR code is a disguised link: see the destination before you continue, type known destinations yourself, check for codes pasted over the real one at machines, treat urgency and shortened links as extra suspicious, and never enter login or card details on a page you did not open. A detector signal on the image is triage, never proof about where the code points.

A buyer who wants to pay cash and have a courier collect, or a paid screen while the money has not arrived: open your own banking app, let nothing be collected before the credit arrives, choose the courier yourself, pay no "insurance" through a link or gift card, and share no ID copy. Nothing was generated, only a role was forged.

Five checks on a message that your payment card was linked to a wallet: open your own wallet and banking app, never call the number inside the message, never share a verification code, review your statements regularly, and report the message. Nothing was generated here, only a label was forged, so a detector score is triage only.

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Verify the supplier, the payment details and the description before paying a suspect invoice.

Review the assignment policy, drafts, sources and student understanding before acting on a detector signal.

Use a detector as triage, verify concrete claims and ask a consistent job-relevant follow-up instead of auto-rejecting.

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Five checks before paying a deposit: address and photo search, a live video call, landlord verification and no payment before a viewing.

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Five checks to verify the company, the images and the channel before you apply, plus why a detector signal never proves that a posting is fake.

Five checks on the person, the source clip, the offer and the payment route, plus why a detector signal never proves that a video is fake.

Five checks on a delivery notice: verify the shipment in your own carrier app, compare the tracking reference, inspect the domain, watch for urgency and payment requests, and never install an APK from a message.

Five checks on a ticket offer: the organiser's official channel, sold-out pressure, transfer through the authorised ticketing account, the reseller's written guarantees, and a protected payment route.

Five checks on a job offer: verify the company outside the offer, never pay to work, check the channel and the urgency, share no ID copy early, and recognise the payment build-up.

Five checks on an unexpected collection notice: trace the claim in your own records, demand the validation information, read the pressure tactics, call back on a number you found yourself, and never pay through a link.

Five checks before you send money for an urgent cry for help: call back on the number you already have, use a family code word, treat urgency as the tell, read the payment route, and get a second opinion.

Five steps when your account is taken over: log back in with the SMS code, wait 7 days for a two-step PIN you never set, warn your contacts, drop all linked devices, and call your bank if money already moved.

Five checks before you order: search the seller outside the ad, read the domain and its registration date, verify trust marks with the issuing organisation, read the payment route, and check reports on the account.

Five checks when someone claims to be your bank: hang up and call back on a number you already had, no bank asks for a login, PIN or one-time code, there is no safe account, install nothing and hand your card to nobody, and break the secrecy.

Five checks on a message that claims to come from the tax office: verify inside the official portal, know what the agency never does, check any account number at the source, recognise the pressure pattern, and report instead of paying.

Five checks before you trust someone on screen: end the call and call back on a number you already had, treat urgency and secrecy as the mechanism, read the payment route rather than the face, agree a code word, and get a second opinion before anything moves.

Five checks before you deposit: verify the provider in the official register, treat the account manager and chat group as part of the script, read the payment route instead of the return, and recognise the final "tax or fee" stage that never leads to a payout.

Five checks before you share your account: never lend your account, card or PIN; recognise the recruitment pattern on Snapchat, Telegram, WhatsApp or in a job offer; test the rule that a genuine employer never uses your private account as a pass-through; know the consequences; and stop, block and report if you are already involved. Nothing was generated here, so no score applies.

Five checks before any money moves: verify outside the message on a number you already had, keep dual authorisation, check the account number against your own records, treat urgency and secrecy as the mechanism, and treat the sender address as a forgeable label.

Five checks and steps when your number is taken over: treat a sudden loss of signal as an emergency, do not click or share personal data, call your carrier on your own number and have the SIM blocked, assume anything that leans on SMS codes can be taken over, and replace SMS with an authenticator app.

Five steps when intimate images — real or AI-generated — are used against you: pay nothing, preserve evidence, remove through Take It Down or StopNCII.org, report it to the police, and tell someone. A detector score is not the decision.

Five checks before you ship: verify the credit in your own banking environment, inspect the file and its source, and why a screenshot is never proof of payment.

Five checks on a fine or payment request: verify inside the official portal, compare the account number with the official one, open no attachment, know that a fine by email or text is always fake, and report instead of paying.

Five checks before and after you book: stay inside the platform, verify a post-booking message through the app you booked in, search the address, ask for a live viewing with a detail you choose, and never pay outside the platform.

Five checks before you refund or return: film and open the return on arrival, compare it with your own shipping record, treat a damage photo as a claim, watch the pattern across returns, and escalate proportionally without accusing anyone.

Five checks in the address bar before you enter anything: open the service yourself, read the domain before the first slash, let your password manager refuse the form, check your own app or message box, and never enter data on a page you reached through a link or QR code.

Five checks before you share a code: never call a number from a pop-up, hang up and open the service yourself, never share a verification or 2FA code, give no remote access, and change nothing on the instruction of someone on the line.

Five checks before you respond to a prize message: confirm that you actually entered, never pay a fee to release a prize, send no personal data or ID copy, do not click and verify the promotion yourself, and treat urgency and an unexpected lottery call as the mechanism.

Five checks on a call or visit claiming to come from the police: call the emergency number if anyone is at your door or on the way, know that the police never take valuables into safekeeping, do not trust the number on your screen because it can be spoofed, call back on a number you looked up yourself, and treat any request for money or personal data in the name of a government body as fraud.

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