Everything we take off Instagram

Impersonation accounts

Someone has set up a profile using your name, your photos or a handle one character away from yours. They message your followers, ask for money, or simply collect an audience that thinks it is you.

We document the profile, show the link back to the real you, and file it as impersonation rather than a generic report — which is the difference between a case that moves and one that is closed in a day.

• The fake profile link, and your real one
• Photo ID, or business papers if it is a company account

Fake and bot accounts

Clusters of accounts built from your pictures, bot followers draining your engagement, or throwaway profiles made to get around a block.

These rarely come alone, so we treat them as a set: find the related handles, report them together, and keep the list for when the next batch appears.

• Any handles you have already spotted
• Your own account, so we can match the source material

Stolen photos, videos and Reels

Your work reposted without credit or licence, re-cut into someone else's Reel, or run as an ad by an account you have never heard of.

Copyright is the strongest route Instagram offers, but it only works when ownership is clean. We put the paperwork together so the claim stands up, including cases where the reposter has cropped or mirrored the footage to dodge detection.

• Links to the infringing posts
• Proof the work is yours: originals, project files or the first publication

Brand and trademark misuse

Pages using your business name, logo or packaging to look official — fake customer service accounts, unauthorised "distributor" pages, or a handle squatting on your brand.

Trademark claims follow a different route to copyright, and sending one down the wrong channel wastes weeks. We work out which applies before filing anything.

• Your trademark registration number, if you have one
• The offending pages and what they are claiming to be

Counterfeit shops and fake sellers

Accounts selling copies of your product, taking orders under your name, or running ads with your photography and a different checkout link.

We sweep for the whole network rather than the one page you found — counterfeit sellers run several handles and rotate between them as each is removed.

• The seller pages and any order links they use
• Proof of your brand rights and your genuine listings

Private and paywalled content

Subscription content reposted for free, private photos shared without permission, or intimate material published to hurt someone.

These cases are handled by one person end to end, and we keep the evidence to the minimum needed to get the content removed. If what has happened to you may be a crime where you live, we will say so and point you to the right authority — we are not a substitute for one.

• Links to where it has been posted
• Enough context to show it is you, and that it was not shared with consent

Scam and phishing pages

Fake giveaways in your name, accounts posing as your support team, cloned profiles pushing investment schemes, or links that harvest your followers' logins.

These move quickly and do damage fast, so they go in as a priority with the financial harm spelled out rather than buried in the description.

• The page and, if you have them, screenshots of the messages
• Any reports from followers who were approached

Harassment and hate pages

Accounts created to target one person or business: pile-ons, doxxing, edited images, or a page whose only purpose is abuse.

We gather the pattern rather than a single post, because a run of behaviour is far more persuasive than one screenshot taken alone.

• The account and the posts that concern you
• Anything already reported, so we do not duplicate it

Username and handle disputes

Your business name is sitting on a dormant account, or an impersonator grabbed the handle you have used everywhere else.

Worth saying plainly: handle release is the hardest thing on this list and depends on the account being inactive or clearly infringing. We will tell you honestly whether your case has a chance before you commit to anything.

• The handle you want and proof of your claim to the name

Ongoing monitoring

Regular sweeps for new accounts using your name, handle variations or photographs, so the next impersonator is found before your followers tell you about it.

Each find is logged against the same case history, which matters when the same person keeps coming back under different handles.

• The handles and names you want watched

Bulk takedowns for agencies

Management companies, labels and brand teams with a roster to protect. One point of contact, one reporting format, and a monthly rollup covering every account you look after.

• Your roster and written authority to act for them

Evidence and case files

Every case produces a dated record: what was found, what was captured, what was filed, and what came back. If the matter ever goes to a lawyer, that file is the thing they will ask for.

You get it whether or not the removal succeeds.