# Check if a profile photo is stolen or reused

**Use case:** 

Paste the URL of a profile picture and get back the web pages where that same face already appears. Use it to spot recycled photos behind fake accounts and romance scams, to check an unfamiliar contact before you deal with them, or to see whether your own photo has been reused without your knowledge. Matches are ranked by similarity and same-person hits are flagged.

## Input

```json
{
  "imageUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8d/President_Barack_Obama.jpg",
  "maxResults": 20,
  "minSimilarity": 0,
  "samePersonOnly": false
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "rank": {
    "label": "#",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "matchPercent": {
    "label": "Match %",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "samePerson": {
    "label": "Same person",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "imageUrl": {
    "label": "Image URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "pageUrl": {
    "label": "Page URL",
    "format": "link"
  },
  "pageDomain": {
    "label": "Domain",
    "format": "text"
  },
  "similarity": {
    "label": "Similarity",
    "format": "number"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Reverse Face Search - People OSINT Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Check if a profile photo is stolen or reused". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/6NoNbACEwoMef9PPq) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Check if a profile photo is stolen or reused" task

The Reverse Face Search - People OSINT Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like image url, number of results (n), and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Check if a profile photo is stolen or reused" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as #, match %, same person, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Check if a profile photo is stolen or reused" task via API](https://apify.com/taupe_thrush/reverse-face-search.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Reverse Face Search - People OSINT](https://apify.com/taupe_thrush/reverse-face-search.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/taupe_thrush/reverse-face-search.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/taupe_thrush/reverse-face-search.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).