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title: "Fake “verify you're human” pages: how to spot one | URLert"
description: "A page that asks you to press keys or paste something to prove you're not a robot, or to fix an error. No real check or fix does that: it runs their program on your computer."
url: https://www.urlert.com/scams/fake-verify-human
mcp: https://www.urlert.com/mcp
---

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# Fake “verify you're human” pages

A page that asks you to press keys or paste something to prove you're not a robot, or to fix an error. No real check or fix does that: it runs their program on your computer.

A page

Verify you are human. 1. Press Windows + R. 2. Press Ctrl + V. 3. Press Enter.

On this page

1. What it looks like
2. How to spot one
3. What to do
4. Already acted?
5. Why it works
6. Similar scams

## What it looks like

A page

Verify you are human. 1. Press Windows + R. 2. Press Ctrl + V. 3. Press Enter.

A page on a Mac

This page couldn't load. To fix it, open Terminal and paste the code we copied for you.

A video call on a meeting link you were sent

Your microphone isn't working. To fix it, press Windows + R, then Ctrl + V, then Enter.

Examples. The names and amounts change; the shape doesn't.

## How to spot one

1. **Instructions to press keys, open a box like Run or Terminal, or paste.** No real site asks you to paste anything to prove you're human, or to fix a page, a call or your sound.
2. **Something was copied for you.** The page put text in your clipboard without asking.
3. **It can appear on a site you know.** Real websites get broken into and show these.

## What to do

1. **Close the page.** Don't press the keys, and don't paste anything.
2. **Need that site?** Come back to it later, from your bookmarks or by typing its address.
3. **Still not sure?** [Check the link](https://www.urlert.com/index.md). We open its link on a phone and a computer, not yours, and tell you what it is.

### Already pressed those keys or pasted something?

- [I installed something](https://www.urlert.com/recover/installed.md)

## Why it works

Real “I'm not a robot” checks are everywhere now, so one more feels normal. But pasting runs their command on your computer, as if you typed it yourself.

## Similar scams

- [Fake downloads and apps](https://www.urlert.com/scams/fake-downloads.md)
- [Tech support pop-ups and calls](https://www.urlert.com/scams/tech-support.md)
- [Fake sign-in pages](https://www.urlert.com/scams/fake-sign-in-pages.md)

On this page

1. What it looks like
2. How to spot one
3. What to do
4. Already acted?
5. Why it works
6. Similar scams

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