{
  "id": "fake-login-page",
  "slug": "fake-login-page",
  "title": "Fake Login Page: What to check before you type your password",
  "shortTitle": "Fake Login Page",
  "hook": "A login page can look normal and still steal your password.",
  "category": "Login & Account Red Flags",
  "riskLevel": "high",
  "visibleScreen": "A phone or laptop showing a login form that came from a message link, with an odd or unfamiliar web address.",
  "redFlag": "The page asks for your password after a scary message, but the address bar is long, unfamiliar, misspelled, or not the site you normally use.",
  "whyItWorks": "People focus on the familiar login form and the urgent warning. Scammers copy the look of a sign-in page so the wrong address is easy to miss.",
  "saferMove": "Close the message link and open the real app or website yourself. If the alert is real, it will still appear after you sign in safely.",
  "ifAlreadyClicked": [
    "If you did not type a password, close the page and open the real app or website yourself.",
    "If you entered a password, change it immediately from the official app or website.",
    "If the account protects money, work, email, or identity documents, turn on two-factor authentication and check recent sign-ins."
  ],
  "checklist": [
    "Did the login page open from a text, email, DM, QR code, or popup?",
    "Does the address bar look longer, stranger, or slightly different than normal?",
    "Can you close the link and open the real app or website yourself instead?"
  ],
  "videoUrl": null,
  "screenImageAlt": "Direct view of a phone browser showing a suspicious fake login page with an odd example address.",
  "visualBrief": "Direct close-up view of the suspicious login screen on a phone or laptop. The address bar must be the visual hook: long, odd, or slightly wrong example-only domain. Show generic email/password fields and a sign-in button. No real brands, no real domains, no phone numbers, no QR codes, no abstract cyber graphics.",
  "related": [
    "delivery-sms-trap",
    "fake-support-popup"
  ],
  "toolRelevance": "Usually no special tool is required. The safest action is to close the link and open the real app or website yourself.",
  "affiliateCategory": null,
  "seoTitle": "Fake login page: red flags before you type your password",
  "metaDescription": "Learn how fake login pages steal passwords, what to check in the address bar, and what safer move to take before signing in.",
  "socialTitle": "Fake Login Page: One red flag before you type",
  "body": "A fake login page works because it looks routine. The form, button, and warning can feel familiar — but the address bar is often the clue.\n\nThe safer move is simple: do not sign in from the message link. Close it, open the real app or website yourself, and check whether the alert is still there."
}