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Fact Investigation

Fact Investigation — Online Investigation & Verification

Verify People, Relationships & Businesses Online

Professional online investigations for people and businesses who need facts before making important decisions.

Remote investigations involving people, businesses and online identities worldwide.

Case summary — illustrativeSample
Identity
Status: Partially Verified
Digital Footprint
12 relevant sources reviewed
Public Company Connections
2 associations identified
Risk Indicators
3 findings require attention
Source Corroboration
Multiple sources compared
Confidence assessmentModerate

Illustrative interface only. No real identity, client or case is represented.

Online dating & identity

Online Dating & Identity Investigations

Long-distance and online relationships often develop before anyone has met in person. Verification answers a narrow, practical question: does this person appear to be who they say they are?

Research can compare the identity presented to you against publicly available information: profile history, usernames, images that appear elsewhere, claimed employment, claimed location and publicly visible company links. Where details do not line up, the report says so plainly.

I want to verify someone

Preventative verification before travelling, committing or sending anything of value.

Start a Dating Investigation

I think something is wrong

You have noticed inconsistencies, avoidance of video calls, or requests for money.

Investigate a Scam

Scam investigations

When something has already gone wrong

Suspected fraud cases are handled as evidence work: what was claimed, what can be corroborated, what contradicts itself and what the available material actually supports.

  • Romance and long-distance relationship fraud
  • Fake investment or trading identities, including crypto payment requests
  • Impersonation of real people, companies or professionals
  • Suspicious sellers, fake shops and fraudulent websites
  • Cross-border online scams involving several countries

No investigator can promise money recovery, arrest or prosecution. What a professional investigation provides is a documented, structured account of what the available evidence supports — usable for your own decisions, your bank, your adviser or a report to the authorities.

Business

Business Verification & Due Diligence

Cross-border trade, investment and partnership decisions are often made on the basis of a website and a few emails. Verification checks what is actually on public record.

Company Verification
Whether the company appears to exist, public registration information, directors, address consistency, domain and website history, and obvious inconsistencies. From $499.
Business Due Diligence
Deeper research into ownership, management, connected entities, corporate history, publicly available litigation, regulatory, sanctions and insolvency information, and adverse media. From $1,500.

Source verification — illustrative

  • Public corporate registryCorroborated
  • Archived web contentCorroborated
  • Public social profilePartially consistent
  • Claimed employer websiteNot corroborated

Verify before you pay

A transfer is easy to send and hard to undo. Verification happens before the payment, not after it.

Before sending money to someone you met online, paying an unfamiliar overseas company, investing with a new partner or committing to a major transaction, the relevant facts can usually be checked first.

  • An international supplier requesting an advance payment
  • An unfamiliar online seller or marketplace contact
  • A dating partner asking for financial help
  • A new business partner or investment relationship
Check Before You Pay

Process

How our investigation process works

Six defined stages, from submission to a written report. You confirm scope and price before any research begins.

  1. STEP 01

    Submit your case

    You describe the situation, what you already know and what you need to establish.

  2. STEP 02

    Initial case assessment

    The available starting information is reviewed to judge what can realistically be researched.

  3. STEP 03

    Scope & pricing confirmation

    You receive a defined scope and price. Nothing proceeds until you agree to it.

  4. STEP 04

    Investigation

    Structured research across lawful publicly available sources, recorded as it is collected.

  5. STEP 05

    Human review

    Findings are cross-checked, contradictions are examined and confidence levels are assigned.

  6. STEP 06

    Structured report delivered

    A written report with findings, sources reviewed, inconsistencies and a clear conclusion.

Scope

What information can be researched

Research is limited to lawful, publicly available material and information you supply.

People

  • Identity consistency across public sources
  • Public digital footprint and profile history
  • Usernames and account correlation
  • Images that appear elsewhere publicly
  • Claimed employment and professional claims
  • Publicly visible corporate affiliations
  • Geographic inconsistencies

Companies

  • Whether the company appears to exist on public record
  • Public registration details and directors
  • Address and contact consistency
  • Domain registration and website history
  • Related and connected entities
  • Public sanctions, insolvency and litigation information where available
  • Reputation indicators and adverse media

Deliverable

Example investigation report

Every case ends in a written report, not a data dump. The example report is a fictional demonstration showing structure, depth and how confidence is expressed.

  1. 01Case objective
  2. 02Information supplied
  3. 03Executive summary
  4. 04Identity findings
  5. 05Digital footprint
  6. 06Associated accounts
  7. 07Corporate connections
  8. 08Timeline
  9. 09Inconsistencies
  10. 10Risk indicators
  11. 11Sources reviewed
  12. 12Confidence assessment

International

International investigations

You may live in one country while the person, company or transaction involves another. Cases are assessed on a cross-border basis rather than assuming everything sits in one jurisdiction.

What is publicly available differs from country to country, and so does the language of the sources involved. Country pages explain the kinds of cross-border cases that typically involve each country and what that means for research.

Investigations are conducted remotely. There are no local offices and no claims of investigators on the ground in any country.

International investigations

Methodology

Investigation methodology

Open-source intelligence, public records, corporate records, archived web content, public professional information and cross-reference analysis — followed by source verification, corroboration and human review. Each finding carries a confidence level.

There is no access to private accounts, private messages or restricted databases, and none is claimed.

Confidentiality

Discreet case handling

Cases are handled discreetly, only necessary information is collected, report access is controlled, and no client case is ever published, quoted or used as a testimonial.

Case communication happens through the contact details you choose to provide.

Pricing

Pricing starting points

Investigations are quoted per case. These are starting points, confirmed before work begins.

Investigation starting prices
InvestigationStarting fromTypical use
Quick Identity VerificationFrom $299A first check on someone you met online
Catfish / Dating VerificationFrom $399Suspected fake or reused identity
Dating Background InvestigationFrom $599Before travel, commitment or money
Deep Online InvestigationFrom $899Complex or multi-country personal cases
Company VerificationFrom $499Before paying an unfamiliar company
Business Due DiligenceFrom $1,500Investment, partnership or acquisition
Complex Scam / Fraud InvestigationCustom quoteMulti-party or cross-border fraud

Final pricing depends on case complexity, jurisdictions involved, urgency and the quality of available starting information.

Questions clients ask first

What can actually be established from the information I already have?

That depends on what you can supply. A name, a photograph, a username, a phone number, an email address, a company name or a website all create different research routes. Your case assessment tells you what looks researchable before you commit to anything.

Is this a database lookup service?

No. Automated lookup tools return raw records without context. Every case here is researched and reviewed by a person, sources are cross-checked against each other, and findings are reported with an explicit confidence assessment.

Can you guarantee you will identify the person?

No, and no responsible investigator can. Some cases resolve clearly, some resolve partially, and some establish only that a claimed identity cannot be corroborated. That last outcome is often decision-relevant in itself.

Do you work internationally?

Yes. Investigations are conducted remotely and regularly involve people, companies or transactions connected to more than one country. What is publicly available varies by jurisdiction, and the assessment explains what that means for your case.

Will the person I ask about know about the investigation?

Research is based on lawful publicly available information and does not involve contacting the subject. Case handling is confidential and cases are never published or used as marketing material.

How do I start?

Submit your case through the case assessment form. You will be asked what you need investigated, which countries are involved, what information you already have and what you want to establish. Contact is made through the details you provide.

Start an investigation

Submit your case for an initial assessment. You will be told what can realistically be researched, and at what scope and price, before any work begins.