Upload the picture you were sent
A profile photo, a screenshot, or a crop of one face. You choose the face when the image has several.
- Creator, model, and ordinary photos are all valid uploads
- A screenshot is enough
- The file is not stored
REUSED AND STOLEN PHOTOSStolen photo search.
Stolen photo search.
See if the picture is already public.
A stolen photo search looks for the face in a picture you upload across publicly indexed images. The same face on another page, including a creator portfolio or an ordinary social account, is a reason to slow down. It is not, by itself, proof of a crime, and it is not permission to harass the person in the picture.
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How a reused photo turns up
The search can only find a picture that is already public. A photo that lives only in a private chat, a camera roll, or a locked account will not appear.
Look for other public copies
A paid search returns public pages where a similar face appears, when those pages have been indexed.
- The same picture on another site
- A different public photo of a similar face
- No private galleries
Compare, and leave the person in the photo alone
Read the name and the other photos on the source page. If the picture was stolen, that person is often not the sender.
- Use the link to understand the photo
- Do not contact or expose the person pictured
- Report a money request to the platform
Photos that get reused
Fake profiles often use a picture that already belongs to someone else: a creator, a public social account, a model portfolio, or a stranger’s post. A match shows you that page when it is public. You then see whether the name and the story match the person messaging you.
- One photo used on more than one public page
- A studio or portfolio portrait used as a dating photo
- The real person posting their own picture, which is also possible
Checking your own photo
You can upload a clear portrait of yourself to see which public pages show a similar face. That can help you find an impersonation page that is already public. It will not find a copy that was never indexed. Save the source links if you need to report a page to the site that hosts it.
What the search will not call stolen
CatfishSpotter does not decide that a photo was stolen, who copied it, or why. Two people can look alike. The same person can post the same picture themselves. The source page is the evidence you read.
Finding a reused face and finding a duplicate file
A stolen profile photo is often cropped or screenshotted, so the file no longer matches the original. The face can still match.
| What you are checking | CatfishSpotter | A duplicate-file search |
|---|---|---|
| The identical picture on another site | Can return that page | Can return that page |
| A cropped or screenshotted copy | Can match the face | Often misses the copy |
| Another photo of the same public person | Can match | Misses it unless the file matches |
| A private repost in a chat | Not visible | Not visible |
| Who copied it, and why | Not decided | Not decided |
| Your own public impersonation pages | Public pages only | Public copies of that file |
| A generated face with no history | Often no page to find. Use the AI check | Also nothing to find |
What this search can show
- Find other public pages that show a similar face
- Compare a profile photo with a public social or portfolio page
- Check, for free, whether the image looks generated
What it will not do
- Prove who copied a photo, or why
- See private galleries that were never indexed
- Give you permission to harass the person in the picture
Can a search tell me a photo was stolen?+
It can show other public pages where a similar face appears. Whether it was stolen is something you judge from those pages and the conversation. The search does not make that call.
What if the photo is of a creator or a model?+
If that public page is indexed, it can come back as a source. Compare the name and the other photos with the profile that sent you the picture.
Can I check whether my own photo is being used?+
Yes. Upload a clear portrait. You will only see public indexed pages, and only if a similar face is on them.
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