Face-swapped videos, AI-cloned voices, synthetic identities — deepfakes are being used to commit fraud, spread disinformation, and destroy reputations. Check any video or photo before you trust it.
Check for Deepfakes — FreeNo account · Supports JPG, PNG, WebP, GIF · Video detection coming soon
These aren't hypothetical. All of these have happened to real people.
CEO Fraud
Criminals deepfake a CEO's face in a video call to authorise a fraudulent wire transfer. Companies have lost millions this way.
Romance Scams
Scammers use deepfake video calls to maintain fake identities with victims they're defrauding emotionally and financially.
Political Disinformation
Fake videos of politicians saying things they never said, timed to influence elections or public opinion.
Targeted Harassment
Deepfakes placing victims in compromising situations, used for blackmail, sextortion, and reputational damage.
Family Emergency Scams
"Your grandson needs bail money" — now with AI voice cloning making it sound exactly like them.
Job Interview Fraud
Using deepfake video to impersonate a more experienced candidate in a remote job interview.
Visual inspection isn't enough with modern deepfakes — but these signs can help.
Unnatural blinking or eye movement
Early deepfakes struggled with blinking. Even advanced models can produce slightly robotic eye movement patterns.
Boundary artefacts around the face
Look for a subtle halo, blurriness, or colour mismatch at the edges of the swapped face, especially around hair and ears.
Lip sync that's slightly off
Speech-driven deepfakes sometimes have a barely perceptible delay between audio and lip movement.
Lighting inconsistency
The swapped face may have different shadow direction or colour temperature than the rest of the scene.
The context feels wrong
Is this person in an unusual location? Using uncharacteristic language? Context matters as much as visual cues.
The safest approach: Don't rely on visual inspection. Upload the image to our AI detector — it checks for patterns invisible to the human eye. Video deepfake detection is coming soon.
Do not share it
Every share spreads the harm. If it's of a real person, sharing it without consent compounds the damage to them.
Document it
Take screenshots with URL, timestamp, and account details visible before reporting — platforms often remove content quickly.
Report to the platform
Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, Facebook, and X all have deepfake/synthetic media policies. Use their official reporting tools.
Inform the person
If you know who's being impersonated, tell them. They may be completely unaware and need to act quickly.
Report to cybercrime authorities
In India: cybercrime.gov.in. In UK: Action Fraud. In US: FBI IC3. In EU: contact your national CERT.
Don't act on it
If the deepfake was sent to you to get you to do something — send money, share information — stop and verify through a separate trusted channel.
To check a deepfake video, take a screenshot or still frame from the video and upload it to SafeSearchScan's free Deepfake Checker. Our AI analyses the image for facial manipulation artifacts, inconsistencies in lighting and shadows, and unnatural blending. You get a probability score and a plain English explanation. Full video deepfake detection (frame-by-frame analysis) is coming soon.
Older deepfakes show clear artifacts: blurry edges around the face, flickering skin tone, unnatural blinking, or poorly rendered teeth. Modern deepfakes are increasingly convincing. Signs to watch for include: slightly unnatural eye movements, skin texture that looks too smooth or plastic, hair that seems to float slightly from the face, and audio that doesn't perfectly sync with lip movements.
Yes. Deepfakes of your face or voice can be used to: (1) Impersonate you in video calls to colleagues or family, (2) Create fake "evidence" of you saying or doing something you didn't, (3) Bypass face-verification systems, (4) Harass you with non-consensual intimate imagery. If you believe someone has created deepfakes of you, document everything, report to the platform, and contact your local cybercrime authority.
This is increasingly common. AI voice cloning combined with video deepfakes can create convincing fake messages from people you trust. If the message involves money, personal information, or urgent requests — especially if sent over email or WhatsApp rather than a known-safe channel — treat it with extreme suspicion. Take a screenshot of the video and upload the image to our checker, then independently contact the person through a different method to verify. Full video deepfake detection is coming soon.
Do not share it further. Screenshot and document where you found it (URL, timestamp). Report it to the platform using their official reporting tools (Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, YouTube all have deepfake/synthetic media policies). Inform the person being impersonated — they may not be aware. If the content is non-consensual or defamatory, the victim should seek legal advice and report to cybercrime authorities.
Upload any photo to get an AI-powered deepfake probability score with a full explanation. Free, fast, and private. Video deepfake detection coming soon.
Check for Deepfakes — Free