Check whether someone you met on a dating app or social media is who they claim. You can test their profile photos for AI on the home page.
Check whether someone you met on a dating app or social media is who they claim. You can test their profile photos for AI on the home page. Free with no sign-up, and the analysis runs inside your browser — files never leave your device. On our public gate (30 real + 52 AI images) it measured 96.3% at original quality and 91.5% on recompressed copies, with zero real photos confidently mislabelled as AI. Treat it as an indicator, not proof: the newest commercial generators evade every detector.
A romance scam manufactures a fake person — stolen or AI-made photos, devoted daily chat, then money talk a few weeks in. Check both the photos (home checker, reverse search) and whether the relationship pattern matches the formula (checklist above).
Week 1: an attractive profile approaches you first. Weeks 2–3: daily affection builds trust, and the chat moves off the app. Week 4 onward: an accident, illness or investment opportunity arrives with the first money request. Few scams deviate from this schedule — place your situation on it.
Upload a few profile photos to the home checker. If AI signals appear, or reverse search finds the same face under another name, then whoever you are talking to, it is not the person in the photos.
Real-time face swaps exist but fail on side profiles and occlusion. Casually ask them to turn sideways or wave a hand across their face. Sudden quality drops or dodging are signals.
Refuse any further payment regardless of the story ("pay the tax to get it back" is the classic follow-up), keep all transfer records, and report to your bank and police immediately. No shame — you were run through a professional script.