A fake alert can copy your bank's words. It can't know your balance.

Description and use

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week2-2026-10-12">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>In Nigeria, "fake alert" is a household phrase. A customer says "I don send am", a message lands on the trader's phone, and the goods leave the shop. The message came from a fake-alert app that can print any bank's SMS with any amount. The money never arrives.</p> <p>Banks give the right advice: check your account, not the message. But at 6pm, with five customers waiting and an alert every minut

Problem

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week2-2026-10-12">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>In Nigeria, "fake alert" is a household phrase. A customer says "I don send am", a message lands on the trader's phone, and the goods leave the shop. The message came from a fake-alert app that can print any bank's SMS with any amount. The money never arrives.</p> <p>Banks give the right advice: check your account, not the message. But at 6pm, with five customers waiting and an alert every minut

Outcome

<p><em>This is a submission for the <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/hacktoberfest-week2-2026-10-12">Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 2: Side Hustle</a></em></p> <h2> What I Built </h2> <p>In Nigeria, "fake alert" is a household phrase. A customer says "I don send am", a message lands on the trader's phone, and the goods leave the shop. The message came from a fake-alert app that can print any bank's SMS with any amount. The money never arrives.</p> <p>Banks give the right advice: check your account, not the message. But at 6pm, with five customers waiting and an alert every minut

Evidence

A fake alert can copy your bank's words. It can't know your balance.

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