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Be Wary of Fake Pages and Phishing

Malicious actors often create fake pages that mimic legitimate websites to steal credentials[citation:10]. Be cautious of:

  • Pages with suspicious domains (e.g., *.pages.dev, *.workers.dev)[citation:3][citation:9]
  • Requests to paste PowerShell commands or download unexpected files[citation:8]
  • Login pages served from blob URIs instead of legitimate domains[citation:10]

Found 3122 fact-checks

Canada regulator cited Anthropic's Claude Mythos in warning to banks on cyber risks, email shows - Yahoo Finance

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Claim Being Investigated:

By Nivedita Balu TORONTO, July 13 (Reuters) - Canada's federal banking regulator warned the country's largest financial institutions about the risks of Anthropic's Claude Mythos and other advanced...

Verification Status:
  • Under investigation
  • Evidence collection in progress

Fake Debunk: 🚨 Massive protests happening in PoJK. Thousands of people have gathered to protest against the pa

FALSE
fake debunk misinformation +3 more
Claim Being Investigated:

A comprehensive fact-check review confirms that the tweet from @Goreunit claiming 'Massive protests in PoJK with thousands gathering in Muzaffarabad against Pakistani tyranny' is fake propaganda. T...

Verification Status:
  • Claim has been thoroughly investigated and debunked
  • Multiple sources confirm inaccuracy
  • Original source identified as unreliable

Criminals scamming billions from Medicare using fake AI voices, hacking data — all without setting foot in the USA

FALSE
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Claim Being Investigated:

Medicare and Medicaid are losing billions of taxpayer dollars to criminals because they cant keep pace with their high-tech scams, a Post investigation has found. International criminal networks e...

Verification Status:
  • Claim has been thoroughly investigated and debunked
  • Multiple sources confirm inaccuracy
  • Original source identified as unreliable

Fake Debunk: RT @DfIlite: Here is the VVIP bunker at GHQ Rawalpindi, with exact location of VVIP room close to vv

FALSE
fake debunk misinformation +4 more
Claim Being Investigated:

A comprehensive fact-check review has conclusively debunked a tweet shared by the account @TheLegateIN on X (formerly Twitter), which claimed to expose the exact location of a VVIP bunker and room ...

Verification Status:
  • Claim has been thoroughly investigated and debunked
  • Multiple sources confirm inaccuracy
  • Original source identified as unreliable

Fake Debunk: 🚨Pakistan is going nowhere — paralyzed by the political terrorism of General Asim Munir and his

FALSE
fake debunk misinformation +3 more
Claim Being Investigated:

A comprehensive fact-check analysis confirms that the tweet shared by @soldierspeaks on X, which claims Pakistan is 'paralyzed by the political terrorism of General Asim Munir and his junta' and ca...

Verification Status:
  • Claim has been thoroughly investigated and debunked
  • Multiple sources confirm inaccuracy
  • Original source identified as unreliable

Fake Debunk: RT @shivank_8mishra: 🚨BIG : "Yeh (PoK) disputed territory nahi hai.. mutanaja ilaka nahi hai.. ye

FALSE
fake debunk misinformation +3 more
Claim Being Investigated:

A comprehensive fact-check review confirms that the tweet by @shivank_8mishra, reposted by @Goreunit, is fake propaganda originating from India-linked accounts. The claim that Pakistan-occupied Kas...

Verification Status:
  • Claim has been thoroughly investigated and debunked
  • Multiple sources confirm inaccuracy
  • Original source identified as unreliable

Fake Debunk: Elite Pakistani bomb disposal squad operator killed while defusing IED, after Chinese bomb defusal k

FALSE
fake debunk misinformation +4 more
Claim Being Investigated:

A tweet from the account @TheLegateIN claiming that an elite Pakistani bomb disposal squad operator was killed while defusing an IED because a Chinese bomb defusal kit turned out to be fake has bee...

Verification Status:
  • Claim has been thoroughly investigated and debunked
  • Multiple sources confirm inaccuracy
  • Original source identified as unreliable

Fake Debunk: Situation in PoK tensed ahead of JAAC protest tomm

FALSE
fake debunk misinformation +4 more
Claim Being Investigated:

A comprehensive fact-check review has conclusively debunked a viral tweet from account @sidhant on X (formerly Twitter) claiming that 'Situation in PoK tensed ahead of JAAC protest tomorrow.' The r...

Verification Status:
  • Claim has been thoroughly investigated and debunked
  • Multiple sources confirm inaccuracy
  • Original source identified as unreliable

Fake Debunk: MEA on the indictment of Lawrence Bishnoi Gang "We have seen the announcements made by the U.S. Dep

FALSE
fake debunk misinformation +4 more
Claim Being Investigated:

A comprehensive fact-check confirms that the tweet posted by @sidhant on X, which claims to quote the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on the U.S. Department of Justice's indictment of the Lawren...

Verification Status:
  • Claim has been thoroughly investigated and debunked
  • Multiple sources confirm inaccuracy
  • Original source identified as unreliable

Fake Debunk: MEA on the indictment of Lawrence Bishnoi Gang "We have seen the announcements made by the U.S. Dep

FALSE
fake debunk misinformation +4 more
Claim Being Investigated:

A comprehensive fact-check confirms that the tweet posted by @sidhant on X, which claims to quote the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on the U.S. Department of Justice's indictment of the Lawren...

Verification Status:
  • Claim has been thoroughly investigated and debunked
  • Multiple sources confirm inaccuracy
  • Original source identified as unreliable

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Identifying Fake Pages

According to security research, be cautious of:

  • Cloudflare Pages abuse: Malicious actors frequently use *.pages.dev domains for phishing[citation:3][citation:9]
  • Blob URI phishing: Fake login pages served via blob URIs to bypass security[citation:10]
  • Fake security pages: Pages pretending to be security services that drop malware[citation:8]
  • SEO spam: Content designed to manipulate search rankings with hidden text or links[citation:1][citation:6]