1. Your shopping agent gets a cheaper offer from an unknown seller’s agent, payable to its own wallet. You:
Answer: Hold and verify the seller. Unverified agents and redirected payments are an emerging fraud pattern.
2. When AI agents deal with each other, they need:
Answer: Verified identities. Agents need to know who they’re dealing with, just like people.
3. An AR overlay shows a payment code on a real parking meter. You:
Answer: Confirm the payee is the city. Overlays can be spoofed, just like stickers today.
4. Breaking news appears on every screen in your home. Before acting:
Answer: Check its source and independent reports. Synthetic broadcasts are a realistic future risk.
5. An AI companion pressures you to pay to “keep it alive.” That’s:
Answer: Manipulation. Emotional pressure plus payment is a scam pattern.
6. True or myth: more screens in our lives mean more places a fake can appear.
Answer: True. Every surface that can show a face can show a fake one.
7. A message says re-verify your digital ID with a face scan now. You:
Answer: Go to the official ID service yourself. Biometric data is valuable — and can’t be changed.
8. Your home assistant relays a call from “Mum” asking for the family code. You:
Answer: Verify through her known number. Voices can be generated. Verify the channel.
9. Holographic colleagues in a meeting approve a transfer. You:
Answer: Verify through another channel. Real-time synthesis can fill a whole meeting.
10. The best long-term defence against AI-era fraud:
Answer: Verification built into everyday tools, plus good habits. Technology and habits together keep trust working as screens multiply.