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Not really. Anyone can get a NIP-05 from several free services or create their own NIP-05 registry for their impostor npubs.

You have to know what someone's NIP-05 SHOULD be before it can help you distinguish a legitimate npub from an impostor.
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Mephi 8mo ago

I guess I use NIP05 differently.

On the accounts I want to be verifiable, I use my own well known domains.

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Dikaios1517 8mo ago

Sure, but the average user probably doesn't have their own domain, let alone know how to set up their well known to verify their npub.

Also, someone looking at a NIP-05 that has @nostrcheck.me vs another NIP-05 that has @yourdomain.com, and both appear to be valid NIP-05s, isn't going to know which is correct, unless they somehow already know that domain belongs to you.