Ordinary people. Open sources. Real cases.

OSINT Community is built on one simple idea: ordinary people, working together with open source information, can help bring out the truth.

Every day, scams go unreported, cold cases gather dust and fraud networks keep operating because nobody connected the dots. But the dots are often out there in public: an old newspaper archive, a reused profile photo, a company register, a forgotten forum post, a street visible on a map.

This site collects the latest news on open source intelligence, cybercrime, scams and cold cases from trusted publishers, and every headline links to its original source. Alongside the feed we publish our own guides, case studies, scam alerts and weekly challenges.

How it works

• Cases are shared with the known facts and their sources.
• Members search, verify and share what they find, with sources.
• We check each other's work so mistakes get caught early.
• Solid findings go to the police, the relevant authority or journalists. We find facts, we don't hunt people.

Community rules

1. Facts, not accusations. Never publicly name or accuse a private person of a crime. Innocent people have had their lives destroyed by online "investigations" that pointed at the wrong person.
2. No doxxing. No home addresses, phone numbers, ID numbers or family details of anyone, whether suspect, victim or witness.
3. Never contact suspects, victims or families. Leads go to the police, the investigating authority or a journalist.
4. Open sources only. No hacking, no fake accounts to reach private profiles, no buying leaked data, no social engineering.
5. Show your sources. Every claim needs a link, a screenshot or a clear description of where it came from. Unverified findings are labelled as unverified.
6. Respect victims. Real people are behind every case. No graphic images and no speculation about victims' private lives.
7. Scam reports: warn, don't attack. Share the evidence so others can protect themselves, and never pay a "recovery service". Those are almost always a second scam.
8. No selling, no spam. No advertising, paid services or crypto offers.
9. Be kind and help beginners. Disagree with findings, not with people.

Been scammed?

Report it to the police in your country first. In the US, use the FBI's IC3; in the UK, Action Fraud; in Sweden, the Swedish Police. Never pay anyone who promises to get your money back for a fee.

Who is behind this

OSINT Community is published by Daniel Johansson, who also publishes the investigative site Svenskhampa. Its investigations appear on our front page with our own short summary and a link to the full article. The community lives in our Facebook group.