Stop Fake Accounts That Pretend to Be You
A fake account with your photos and your name can ask your fans for money, sell your content and damage the trust you have built. Adult Model Protection searches for these accounts and files impersonation reports and DMCA notices against them as your authorized representative. The platform decides whether to remove an account.
Instagram, TikTok and X each have a report route for accounts that pretend to be someone. Instagram and X accept reports from the person who is impersonated or an authorized representative. A copyright notice is a second route when the account uses photos or videos you own.
Impersonation removal is included on the Luxe and higher plans. A person on our takedown team checks every report and notice before it is sent, and you follow each request and its status in your dashboard.
What Creator Impersonation Looks Like
Impersonation means a fake profile that presents itself as you, using your photos, your stage name or your bio. Creators who post publicly can be targeted, because their photos and names are easy to find.
Creators commonly report three patterns: fake accounts that ask fans to pay for a subscription or custom content, accounts that resell the creator's content, and look-alike usernames on social media that send fans to a fake payment link. They also report fans who blame the real creator after paying a fake account.
- Money from fans going to someone else
- Fans who feel deceived and lose trust in you
- Search results for your name that lead to fake accounts
- Risk to your privacy if the fake account shares your real details
Two Routes: Impersonation Reports and Copyright Notices
Instagram, TikTok and X each have their own impersonation report: Instagram and Threads through a dedicated form, TikTok through a report page for impersonation accounts, and X through its impersonation report. Instagram says it can only act on reports from the person who is impersonated or their authorized representative, and X says "you or your authorized representative" can file. Each platform reviews the report and decides whether the account breaks its rules.
Copyright is the second route. Photos and videos you made are protected by copyright from the moment they are fixed in a tangible form (US Copyright Office). A DMCA notice identifies your work and the material that copies it, and it goes to the platform's designated agent, not to the impersonator. When a fake account uses your photos and presents itself as you, we can file both, which gives the platform two grounds to act.
When an impersonation includes intimate images shared without consent or sexually explicit deepfakes, TikTok asks for that conduct to be reported through a separate webform. For your own content that a fake account posts, we file a copyright notice. Fakes made with AI are covered by our deepfake removal service on the Glamour plan.
When a fake account is used to take money from fans, you can also report it to the police, or in the US to IC3.gov, the FBI's hub for reporting cyber-enabled fraud and scams. Adult Model Protection is not a law firm and does not give legal advice.
How We Find Fake Accounts
Our team runs regular scans and reverse image searches with the content assets you upload, which find pages that reuse your photos. Our takedown team also searches the social platforms by hand, and you can submit links to fake accounts you know about from your dashboard. You get a notification when we find something new.
Your content assets are used only to search for copies and are never shared with third parties. Face matching is in development and not a current feature.
Filing as Your Representative, and What Happens to Your Name
We file impersonation reports and DMCA notices under the name Adult Model Protection as your authorized representative, and a person on our takedown team checks each one before it is sent. Your legal name is only shared with your consent, and only with a recipient that needs it and keeps it confidential. You can withdraw that consent at any time from your account. The rights holder named on a DMCA notice is your model (stage) name, and the platform may show it to the uploader; some platforms and search engines also send copies of notices to the Lumen database, which may publish it.
Some forms need the impersonated person's own details: TikTok's US impersonation form, for example, asks for a valid ID and an electronic signature. You file that form yourself, with the account and post URLs we collect for you; we do not submit ID documents.
If the person behind a fake account answers a DMCA notice with a counter-notice, the platform may restore the content after 10 to 14 business days unless it is told within that period that the copyright owner has filed a court action (US Copyright Office). Our takedown team tells you and explains your options; the decision is yours. More on how a DMCA notice works.
Filing Yourself or With AMP
You can file Instagram's, TikTok's and X's impersonation reports yourself, for free. What AMP adds is the work around the forms: finding the fake accounts in the first place, collecting every URL, filing under AMP's name instead of yours, adding a copyright notice where your photos are used, a person checking each report before it is sent, checking afterwards whether each account is gone, and handling the copies on other sites.
After the Report: Removal Checks and New Fake Accounts
After a report is sent, we check whether each account or page is gone, through page checks and manual checks, and when a platform does not act, our takedown team follows up.
A removed impersonator can start again under a new name. New fake accounts found in later scans or manual searches get a new report, and you can submit any you spot first. On smaller sites that ignore a report, we escalate to the hosting provider, registrar, internet service provider, Cloudflare or payment processor, and to the abuse teams of Telegram or Discord. Results vary.
Making Fake Accounts Easier to Spot
These steps make it easier for fans to tell your real accounts from fake ones.
- Claim your stage name as a username on the platforms you use, even ones you rarely post on
- Apply for verification wherever a platform offers it
- Keep one links page with your official accounts and point fans to it
- Pin a "my official accounts" post on your profiles
- Tell your fans when you find a fake account
- Set Google Alerts for your stage name
When a fake account shares your real name, address or other personal details, private information removal on the Luxe and higher plans covers requests to remove them.
If the content shows you under 18, or you are in danger
- Explicit images or videos of you taken before you were 18: use NCMEC's free Take It Down service and report to the CyberTipline. Adult Model Protection serves adults only.
- Explicit images of you as an adult shared without your consent: StopNCII.org is a free tool. If someone is threatening you, see sextortion and blackmail help.
- If you are thinking about harming yourself, call or text 988 in the US, or your local emergency number.
How It Works
Our team runs the scans, and every notice is checked by our takedown team before it is sent. Here is what happens from the moment you register to the moment we check that your content is gone.
Upload Your Content Assets
You upload your photos. They are used only to search for copies and are never shared with third parties.
Scans and Manual Searches
Our team runs regular scans, reverse image searches and manual searches on social platforms. You can submit links too.
You Get a Notification
You get a notification when we find a new fake account or copy, and it appears in your dashboard.
Impersonation Report and DMCA Notice
We file the platform's impersonation report and, where your photos are used, a DMCA notice, each checked by a person first.
Removal Check and Follow-up
The platform decides whether to remove the account. We check whether it is gone and follow up when it is not.
New Fake Accounts
An impersonator can start again under a new name. New fake accounts found in later scans get a new report.
Platforms We Cover
Platforms and sites this service covers.
Frequently Asked Questions
How quickly can a fake account be removed?
The platform decides each report. Our estimate is 24 to 72 hours after filing. This is an estimate, not a guarantee, and some cases take longer.
Which plan do I need for impersonation removal?
Impersonation removal is included on the Luxe and higher plans, together with social media and messenger removals. Deepfake removal is on the Glamour plan. The Free plan includes a quarterly web scan but no takedowns.
Can AMP report a fake account for me?
Yes. We file impersonation reports and DMCA notices under the name Adult Model Protection as your authorized representative. Instagram and X accept reports from an authorized representative. Where a form needs your own ID and signature, such as TikTok's US form, you file it yourself with the URLs we collect; we do not submit ID documents.
Can the impersonator find out who reported them?
Our reports and notices are filed under AMP's name as your representative, and your legal name is only shared with your consent. The rights holder named on a DMCA notice is your model (stage) name, and the platform may show it to the uploader. A counter-notice goes to the sender of the notice, which is AMP.
Does impersonation removal cover deepfake accounts?
Accounts that post AI-generated sexual images of you are covered by our deepfake removal service on the Glamour plan. If such an account also uses your name and photos to pose as you, we file an impersonation report as well.
Fake Accounts Should Not Speak for You
Adult Model Protection searches for fake accounts that use your photos and your name and files the reports as your representative, on the Luxe and higher plans. Start with the Free plan and its quarterly web scan to see what is already out there.