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Investigation Report

Generated on Feb 9, 2026

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Geo: unknown
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Category: Fake Text Message
Recommendation
Caution
Overall Summary
Suspicious
  Why we think so? 

This image is a text message-style graphic that has not been found in any public reverse image searches. The analysis flagged an extremely high likelihood (98%) that the visible text is artificial, meaning it was probably generated or manipulated electronically. Despite this, the image itself scores low on traditional AI-generation signals (15%), but the text overlays show strong signals of being non-natural. There are no detected QR codes, links, or offensive/violent/scam keywords present. No personal details or recognizable scam patterns (such as bank impersonation) were detected. Overall, the text appears digitally inserted and not from an organic or genuine source. 🕵️‍♂️

Confidence Score Our overall confidence rating for this entity based on public signals, activity, and risk checks.
48%

Risk Insights

🔍

Digitally-altered text detected

  • Over 90% of text marked as artificial.
  • High risk of image manipulation.
  • Unreliable as an authentic message screenshot.
🟢

No overt scam content found

  • No links, QR codes, or scam keywords present.
  • No matches with public scam reports.

Category Scores

Red Flags & Warnings

  • Text is detected as artificial with 98% probability, indicating digital manipulation.

Detailed Checks & Insights

0-100 Scale

AI/manipulated image detection

Score: 15
Failed

"Text overlays are specifically flagged as non-natural. The overall image background appears genuine, but textual elements do not."

Reason: The image itself has a low AI-generation probability, but the text within is found to be almost entirely artificial, showing heavy digital modification.

Text scan: scam keywords/links

Score: 60
Passed

"Zero appearance of transaction requests, bank/phishing phrases, or personal identifiers."

Reason: No scam keywords, links, or personal data were detected in the text portion of the image.

Content harmfulness

Score: 98
Passed

"OpenAI moderation found all risk categories blank or near zero."

Reason: No signs of offensive, violent, or illicit content in the image or its extracted text.

QR code or embedded link safety

Score: 100
Passed

"QR scans across multiple categories (spam, social, personal, etc.) were all negative."

Reason: No QR codes or embedded links were present, so this risk is not relevant.

Reverse image search (scam pattern)

Score: 40
Passed

"Image is not associated with credible sources but is also not flagged on scam or reputation databases."

Reason: No matches for this image were found online. This suggests it is not yet used in known scam narratives, but may also mean it is newly fabricated.

Your Next Steps

  • 1

    Do not trust or act on the content of this image without external verification.

  • 2

    If you received this as proof, request alternate forms of evidence (such as direct communication or official documentation).

  • 3

    Be wary of sharing any personal information or money in response to this image.

Key Evidence & Citations

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    Sightengine image analysis

    ⤷ This system detected an extremely high proportion of artificial text within the image, suggesting it was not generated by a typical phone or messaging app.

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