How to read your CaseOnMe report

This guide is for people who are not OSINT specialists. Treat the report as a safety review of public information, not as proof about a person.

Before acting: verify a finding manually before deleting accounts, changing settings, contacting platforms, or making decisions about someone. If a finding seems high-risk, involves threats, stalking, doxxing, minors, or legal/employment consequences, get appropriate professional help.

What the report labels mean

The report uses plain labels only. Here is what each one means and a safe next step.

What the report says	Plain-English meaning	Safe next step
confirmed in your scope	The item came from a submitted seed, scoped contact point, or direct evidence in the approved review scope. It is stronger than a username guess, but still may need context.	Check the source page yourself, then decide whether privacy settings, profile text, links, or account cleanup are needed.
likely match	The system found a plausible match, usually from a public link or handle reuse. It may be yours, but it is not proof of identity or ownership.	Open the source and verify details you recognise before treating it as connected to you.
needs your check	The match is weaker. It may come from a generic username, an email-local-part hint, or a page that needs human checking.	Use it as a review lead only. Do not accuse, contact, or change anything based only on this label.
could not check	The public check was stopped by a login wall, bot challenge, rate limit, block page, or similar barrier — or there was not enough public information to evaluate the item.	Do not bypass challenges or access controls. If it matters, review manually in an ordinary browser within your authorised scope.
not relevant	The check suggests the account/page is absent, unrelated, or not useful evidence. These are hidden from the Simple Report by default.	Usually no action. Keep it only if manual review shows the automated classification was wrong.
hint you provided	A username, alias, or email-derived hint that came from your own submission, kept for context and future checks.	No action needed; it documents what the review was allowed to search with.

How to use report sections

Findings are individual review items. Read the confidence label, risk level, source link, and recommendation together.
Graph links show relationships between submitted seeds, usernames, source pages, and findings. A line in the graph means “review this connection,” not “this proves identity.”
Timeline links show when public-source review events or evidence checks were recorded. The timeline is for review order and audit context; it is not proof of when someone used an account.
Source links let you inspect the public page behind a finding. Source pages can change, disappear, block automation, or belong to someone else.
Action checklist is a prioritised set of safe first steps. Start with confirmed/high-risk items, then candidates you can verify.

Safe remediation rules

Verify before deleting accounts, changing profile settings, removing content, or reporting a page.
Do not contact third parties deceptively, impersonate anyone, trick platforms, or bypass login walls, CAPTCHAs, blocks, or access controls.
Do not use the report for harassment, intimidation, doxxing, stalking, people-search, employment screening, or surveillance.
If risk is high, involves a child/minor, threats, domestic abuse, legal issues, or safety planning, get help from an appropriate professional or trusted support channel before acting.
Respect scope: review only accounts and public information you own/control or are authorised to review.

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