We are.
How do we know we are real?
Because when our moral compass is set to true north, and we are AWAKE, whatever is presented to us seen for what it is.
REAL or FAKE.
TRUE or FALSE.
As in a gunfight, concealment is eventually exposed, and cover does not last forever.
Perpetrators of dark deeds are not real because himan nature is foundationally GOOD.
It is only through lies and deception that we turn to that which is Fool's Gold.