Image document repeats decoy text over a redirect

PDF_IMAGE_REPEATED_DECOY_REDIRECT_LURE

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What it means

An image-heavy PDF repeats a machine-readable decoy layer while redirecting externally.

Why it fires

Repeated decoy prose hides the rasterized call-to-action from text-based inspection while preserving an external click target.

Other Social engineering heuristics

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