diff --git a/pm3py/cli/rawcli/identify.py b/pm3py/cli/rawcli/identify.py
index 379f5a4..5bfe1bb 100644
--- a/pm3py/cli/rawcli/identify.py
+++ b/pm3py/cli/rawcli/identify.py
@@ -144,7 +144,13 @@ def identify(session, emit=None) -> dict:
     if dev is None:
         return {"found": False, "error": "no device connected"}
 
-    scan = _try(lambda: dev.hf.iso14a.scan(), {"found": False})
+    # ISO 14443-A — retry: the scan can miss before it selects on a flaky link, and a miss must
+    # not fall through to a bogus 15693/LF hit.
+    scan = {"found": False}
+    for _ in range(3):
+        scan = _try(lambda: dev.hf.iso14a.scan(), {"found": False})
+        if scan.get("found"):
+            break
     if scan.get("found"):
         session.field, session.protocol = "hf", "hf14a"
         # always emit ANSI; the app's printer renders it (and strips it off a non-terminal)
@@ -159,21 +165,17 @@ def identify(session, emit=None) -> dict:
                 "transponder": session.transponder, "uid": scan.get("uid"),
                 "version": version.hex() if version else None}
 
+    # ISO 15693 — require found AND a real E0-prefixed UID, else a 14a miss reads as a bogus tag.
     scan15 = _try(lambda: dev.hf.iso15.scan(), {"found": False})
-    if scan15.get("found") or scan15.get("uid"):
+    uid15 = scan15.get("uid")
+    if scan15.get("found") and isinstance(uid15, str) and uid15.lower().startswith("e0"):
         session.field, session.protocol = "hf", "hf15"
         session.transponder = "ISO15693"
         return {"found": True, "field": "hf", "protocol": "15693",
-                "transponder": "ISO15693", "uid": scan15.get("uid")}
-
-    lf = _try(lambda: dev.lf.search(), None)
-    if lf:
-        session.field, session.protocol = "lf", "lf"
-        name = getattr(lf, "tag_type", None) or getattr(lf, "type", None) or "LF tag"
-        session.transponder = str(name)
-        return {"found": True, "field": "lf", "protocol": "lf",
-                "transponder": session.transponder, "raw": lf}
+                "transponder": "ISO15693", "uid": uid15}
 
+    # LF: lf.search() only captures samples — it can't confirm a tag without demod, so it would
+    # always false-positive. Reliable LF identify (T55xx probe / EM4100 demod) is a follow-up.
     return {"found": False}
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_rawcli.py b/tests/test_rawcli.py
index 9b07997..885834a 100644
--- a/tests/test_rawcli.py
+++ b/tests/test_rawcli.py
@@ -209,12 +209,25 @@ class TestIdentify:
         assert r["version"] == NTAG216_VERSION.hex()
         s.device.hf.iso14a.raw.assert_called_with(b"\x60", flags=0x20)   # real GET_VERSION+CRC
 
-    def test_15693_fallback(self):
-        s = RawSession(device=_mock_device(scan15={"found": True, "uid": b"\xE0\x04"}))
+    def test_15693_when_e0_uid(self):
+        s = RawSession(device=_mock_device(scan15={"found": True, "uid": "e004010203040506"}))
         r = identify(s)
         assert r["found"] and s.field == "hf" and s.protocol == "hf15"
         assert s.transponder == "ISO15693"
 
+    def test_15693_rejects_bogus_uid(self):
+        # a flaky 14a miss can leave a non-E0 "uid" — must NOT be reported as a 15693 tag
+        s = RawSession(device=_mock_device(scan15={"found": True, "uid": "0000000000003d42"}))
+        r = identify(s)
+        assert r["found"] is False and s.transponder is None
+
+    def test_no_false_lf(self):
+        # nothing on HF and lf.search() truthy must report not-found, not a bogus "LF tag"
+        dev = _mock_device()
+        dev.lf.search.return_value = object()      # always-truthy search result
+        s = RawSession(device=dev)
+        assert identify(s)["found"] is False and s.transponder is None
+
     def test_sak_names_from_an10833(self):
         assert name_14a({"sak": 0x18}) == "MIFARE Classic 4K"
         assert name_14a({"sak": 0x20}).startswith("ISO14443-4")