Service
OSINT Investigation
Bespoke, analyst-led open-source intelligence work for questions that do not fit a fixed product: mixed person-and-entity cases, multi-country matters, and layered scam networks.
Source verification — illustrative
- Public corporate registryCorroborated
- Archived web contentCorroborated
- Public social profilePartially consistent
- Claimed employer websiteNot corroborated
The problem this service solves
Some cases are straightforward: a single profile, a single company, a single question. Others are not. A dispute might involve a person operating through several entities across different countries. A suspected scam might involve a network of accounts and websites rather than one bad actor. A commercial decision might depend on understanding how several public facts fit together, none of which is decisive on its own.
This service exists for that category of case. Rather than fitting your situation into a pre-built product, an analyst works with you to define what needs to be established, what sources are realistically available, and what a defensible answer would look like, before research begins.
The method is the same discipline used across every engagement — lawful, publicly available sources, cross-checked and documented — but the scope, sequence and depth are built around your specific question rather than a fixed checklist.
When clients use this service
- Your question spans more than one person, company or platform
- The matter crosses several countries or languages
- You suspect a network of connected accounts, entities or scam operations
- Findings need to support a legal, commercial or insurance decision
- None of the named services matches your situation precisely
- You need a documented, source-referenced research trail rather than an informal search
Step one
What information you can provide
Better starting information usually means a broader and faster investigation, but a case can often begin with very little.
- A clear statement of the decision or question the research needs to support
- Every name, entity, account or website already known to you
- Relevant documents, correspondence or screenshots
- Jurisdictions and languages you believe are involved
- Any deadline or urgency driving the request
- Any research already carried out, to avoid duplication
Research scope
What may be researched
Research is limited to lawful, publicly available information and is confirmed with you before work begins.
- Public records and filings across relevant jurisdictions
- Connections between individuals, accounts and entities
- Publicly visible ownership, affiliation and association patterns
- Website registration history and public technical footprints
- Cross-platform identity and username correlation
- Archived and historical public content
- Public reporting, complaints and community discussion relevant to the matter
- Consistency of claims made by the subject across sources
Deliverable
What you receive
Every case ends in a written report you can read, keep and act on.
- A written report structured around the original question
- Documented sources behind every material finding
- A map of relevant connections identified during research
- Clear separation between corroborated fact and unresolved indication
- Analyst conclusions with an explicit confidence assessment
- A record of what could not be established and why
Pricing and turnaround
This service starts from $649. Price is set during scope confirmation and depends on the number of subjects, jurisdictions and languages involved, the depth of research required, and any urgency.
- What affects price
- Price is set during scope confirmation and depends on the number of subjects, jurisdictions and languages involved, the depth of research required, and any urgency.
- What affects turnaround
- Single-question cases with clear starting material can move relatively quickly. Multi-country, multi-entity or network-mapping cases take substantially longer. A realistic timeline is confirmed in writing before work begins.
- Honest limitations
- This is open-source research, not access to private, restricted or law-enforcement systems. Some questions cannot be answered with public information alone; that is reported honestly. No outcome, deadline or legal conclusion is guaranteed in advance.
Frequently asked questions
How is this different from your other services?
Our named services cover common, well-defined situations. An OSINT investigation is for questions that do not fit a fixed product: mixed person-and-entity matters, several countries at once, layered scam networks, or research supporting a legal or commercial decision. Scope is built around your case rather than a template.
Can this be used to support a legal case?
It can support one. Findings are documented with sources and confidence levels so they can be reviewed by counsel or a decision-maker, but this is not a substitute for legal advice, and the report itself is not a legal filing.
We suspect a network of connected scam accounts. Can you map it?
Mapping publicly visible connections between accounts, websites and identities is a common OSINT engagement. The result documents what independent sources support and where connections remain unconfirmed.
Do you cover multiple countries and languages?
Yes, within the limits of lawful, publicly available information in each jurisdiction. Multi-country and multi-language cases take longer and are scoped individually.
What if the objective changes once research begins?
Scope is agreed before work starts, and if the picture changes materially during research, you will be told before any additional work is carried out.
Continue reading
- Digital Footprint InvestigationA fixed-scope mapping of one person's or brand's online presence.
- Business Due DiligenceStructured due diligence on a company or counterparty.
- Person LocateWhen the objective is establishing a person's current location.
- Guide: what an online investigator can findRealistic expectations for open-source research.
- MethodologyHow research and corroboration work.
- PricingStarting points for each investigation type.
Submit your case for an initial assessment
Tell us what you already know and what you need to establish. You will receive an assessment of what can realistically be researched, along with scope and pricing, before any work begins.