Useful Bot for reverse image search or find fake team photos.

[The Cryptovator]

Sometimes we need to check reverse images especially when we intend to invest in some project to find a fake team. Often we have been using different websites to help us find the reverse image. I found a Telegram Bot that will find a reverse image for you. I have tried and working fine. Since it doesn't need to download or interrogate anything and you can chat like a normal user, so no risk in using it. Though I don't know the creator but would be helpful for us those who have been busting scams. This bot will search images from 7 different websites and give you the option to check by clicking links including Google, Bing, and Yandesk. Simply you just need to send images to the Bot and it will give you options to search.

Here is the Telegram bot link: @LCxRvsImgSrch_bot

[dansus021]

to be honest this will be a great tool since DoYoOwnResearch need some tool we might know that everyone can make token/coin and fake team also pop up everywhere

[pakhitheboss]

There are a few website that you can use to do the same for free. Tineye.com is one of my favourite as it comes with a Google Chrome plugin. All you need to is to past the url of the image or you can upload the image and it will do the reverse search. Chrome plugin only works for desktop.

You can also do a reverse video search using it. All you need to do is to take the screenshot of the video and do the search.

[Rikafip]

Awesome tool, thanks @COOLCRYPTOVATOR! I wish I knew about this when I was more active in scam busting as this bot really makes reverse image search more convenient.

There are a few website that you can use to do the same for free.

From what I could notice, this bot is free as well.

[lovesmayfamilis]

I tried this bot, and it didn't seem to be a quick search, unfortunately.
I would recommend for Chromium extension called "Search by image" I understand that not everyone trusts extensions of any kind. This is an open-source project, where everything is available to those who understand it for a full check. Moreover, there are a lot of options for reverse search, and the entire search is done with the click of a button, without unnecessary gestures. Updates come out regularly, and as much as I do photo searches, this is the best I've ever used.

https://github.com/dessant/search-by-image

[TheBeardedBaby]

That's interesting, until now I did it manually with Gimp but it takes time. If you guys (those who deal with scams and spams) share some some info about the common tools you guys are using maybe it will be useful for others like me to find a bit more sophisticated and hopefully time-saving techniques to use.
The only negative part will be ppl who are trying to hide themselves,  will know what and how we do it.

 

[Husires]

Can the bot find the modified images, such as those that have been photo-shopped, or change the lighting, invert the colors, or use black and white?
Scammers are getting smart and most projects have become dependent on those black and white images.
If the bot was able to discover it, it would be a great thing.

Some scammers are using Instagram photos because the algorithm gives privacy to users.

[The Cryptovator]

Can the bot find the modified images, such as those that have been photo-shopped, or change the lighting, invert the colors, or use black and white?
Scammers are getting smart and most projects have become dependent on those black and white images.
If the bot was able to discover it, it would be a great thing.

Some scammers are using Instagram photos because the algorithm gives privacy to users.

Usually, reverse image searches similar images from webs. Doesn't matter whether photos are edited or modified. If AI found similar images, it will show you. The bot will provide you with multiple sources to search. Itself bot doesn't search, which means you need to submit just an image which you want to search then the bot will give you options. It will save time to search on different search engines manually. Those photos aren't available on the web, the bot can't find them.

[Rikafip]

I tried this bot, and it didn't seem to be a quick search, unfortunately.

Works pretty good for me. Then again, I am spending A LOT of time on Telegram so it's very convenient for people like me.

If you guys (those who deal with scams and spams) share some some info about the common tools you guys are using maybe it will be useful for others like me to find a bit more sophisticated and hopefully time-saving techniques to use.

I ony use two tools: Google images and Yandex, with the latter being my first choice as it proved to be much better than Google. I only use other tools if I am 100% certain that there is something wrong with the images, but in 99.99% of the cases those two are enough.

The only negative part will be ppl who are trying to hide themselves,  will know what and how we do it.

To be honest, I am not worried about that. Experienced scammers are mostly using AI generated photos anyway which are much harder to detect.

Can the bot find the modified images, such as those that have been photo-shopped, or change the lighting, invert the colors, or use black and white?

It's not the bot that is looking for images, it just makes it easier (at least for me) to use various tools like Yandex, Google, Bing etc as you have it all at one place. And yeah, those tools can also detect if photos have been made black&white, or reversed. Of course it doesn't work 100% of the time, but its quite good. Yiu can see how it looks in the image below, you upload the image and then you choose the tool.