By RecOsint | Dec 4, 2025
Is that Profile Real? Scammers and "Catfish" accounts steal photos from innocent people to create fake identities. – The Trap: They look attractive and trustworthy. – The Reality: That photo belongs to a model in another country. How do you prove it?
The easiest first step. – How: Right-click an image in Chrome and select "Search Image with Google". – Result: It finds where else that image appears on the web. – Limitation: Good for objects/products, but weak for finding specific people.
Most OSINT investigators prefer Yandex (The Russian Search Engine) over Google for faces. – Why: Its facial recognition algorithm is aggressive. – Power: It often finds the original social media profile of the person in the photo, even if the background is different.
This is the nuclear option. PimEyes uses AI to search for a specific face, not just the photo. – Scary Accuracy: Upload a photo of a person, and it finds every other photo of them on the internet—even from group shots or news articles.
In digital world, seeing is NOT believing. – Rule: Before sending money or meeting an online friend, run their photo through these tools. – Result: If the photo appears on 50 other websites under different names, it’s a scam.