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Helping People to Stay Safe, Stay Protected
Social Catfish began with a simple yet powerful mission. A platform built to help you verify identities, reconnect with lost contacts, and avoid online deception.
How It Started
Social Catfish was created in response to a growing need for online identity verification tools. As digital relationships, social platforms, and online scams began to rise, we saw an opportunity to help people confirm who they were really talking to.
2012 - 2013
Developed a simple reverse lookup tool and founded SocialCatfish by co-founders David and Moe.
2015 - 2016
Introduced reverse image search. Expanded into full people search and search specialist investigation services.
2017 - 2018
Introduced ScamFish, consumer protection publication blog. Also Catfished Youtube channel presents real life catfish stories.
2022 - 2023
Introduced PrivacyLock and more advanced tools to help you to protect your data and monitor data breaches daily.
What We Do
Search & Verify
Search by name, email, phone, username, address or photo to confirm people identities.
Investigate & Uncover
Our team assists with complex scam cases, romance scams, and various frauds related to money.
Learn & Protect
Scam awareness guides, prevention tools, and online safety education and real life catfish stories.
Watch How We Uncover the Truth
Our search tools and investigations have helped thousands uncover lies, verify identifies, and expose scams.
Why SocialCatfish?
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Press & Media
We often work with press about romance catfish scams for free if it makes sense for both parties and attribution is properly given to us. Contact us below for any inquires.
