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Something linke upper semicontinuity for finite fibres

Let $f: X \to Y$ morphism between two quasiprojective, irreducible varieties over the complex numbers, such that the image of $f$ is Zariski dense in $Y$ and there is a Zariski dense subset $U$ (not necessarily open) of $X$ such that we have $\{x\}=f^{-1}(f(x))=\{y \in X: f(y)=f(x)\}$ for all $x \in U$.

Is $f$ then always a birational morphism? If not, is there a simple counterexample?

(Sorry for the first version of the question)

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