r/OSINTExperts

Looking for small OSINT freelance missions — open to almost anything

Hey everyone!

I'm a self-taught OSINT researcher currently looking for small freelance missions and research gigs. I'm keeping my rates low, as my main goal right now is to gain more real-world experience, work on different types of investigations, and keep improving my skills.

I regularly practice through OSINT CTFs, investigation challenges, independent research, and freelance assignments.

I'm interested in pretty much any type of OSINT work, including:

• Username / identity research
• Digital footprint investigations
• Web research
• Geolocation
• Company / background research
• Scam & suspicious website research
• Information verification / fact-checking
• Technical OSINT
• Finding and connecting publicly available information
• Other unusual research problems

If you have a small investigation, a weird rabbit hole you haven't had time to explore, something you need verified, or simply need an extra pair of eyes on a case, feel free to DM me.

I'm particularly interested in real-world problems and unusual cases because I want to learn from different situations and develop a stronger investigative methodology.

I work with publicly available information, document my sources, cross-check findings, and clearly distinguish confirmed information from leads or assumptions.

I'm open to small one-off jobs and low-budget missions. If you're not sure whether your problem can be solved through OSINT, feel free to ask anyway.

DMs are open!

I have extensive evidence documenting the harassment — well over 100 pages at this point — including account activity, screenshots, changes in usernames, and other information that may help establish a connection between the accounts involved.
The situation has gone beyond me personally. My family has also been targeted, which is honestly what has made me increasingly paranoid and concerned about my safety and privacy.
I have already gone to the authorities. The Fiscalía told me that I could try to obtain the IP address on my own, and that if I am able to obtain it through a legitimate method, they would accept it as valid evidence for my case. So I’m trying to understand what options actually exist.
The problem is that I don’t have much of a budget to hire a private investigator or expensive cybersecurity services. I’m not looking for anyone to hack an account or do anything illegal. I’m specifically looking for someone knowledgeable in OSINT, digital forensics, cybersecurity, or incident investigation who can tell me:
Is there a legitimate way to identify or obtain an IP associated with these accounts?

What kind of evidence would actually be useful for establishing a connection between the person behind the accounts and the harassment?

Are there affordable/free forensic or OSINT methods I can use to preserve and analyze the evidence I already have?

Is there anything I should specifically document before the accounts or usernames change again?

I know an IP address alone does not necessarily prove who was behind an account, and I’m not expecting it to magically solve everything. I’m just trying to find a legitimate technical lead that I can take back to Fiscalía.
I’m honestly pretty overwhelmed by this at this point. The fact that my family has also been involved has made me much more anxious and paranoid about what this person might know about us.
If anyone here has experience with OSINT, digital forensics, online harassment investigations, or evidence preservation, I would genuinely appreciate any advice on where to start — especially if there are options that don’t require a large budget.
I can provide more details about the evidence and timeline if needed, while keeping identifying information private.

One thing I've been thinking about with OSINT is how difficult it can be to keep track of developments when information is scattered across so many different sources.

A single event can show up across news sites, social media, local reporting, press releases, RSS feeds, and other sources. The challenge isn't necessarily finding information anymore. It's figuring out what is actually relevant, what is new, and what is just the same story being repeated.

I've found that manually checking multiple sources every day can become pretty time-consuming, especially when you're trying to monitor developments rather than investigate one specific event.

I'm curious how people here approach this.

Do you have a workflow for:

• Monitoring multiple news sources without constantly checking them manually?
• Detecting when several articles are actually about the same event?
• Filtering out repetitive or low-value information?
• Getting a quick overview of what changed since the last check?

Would be interested to hear how others in the OSINT community handle this, especially if you're monitoring information on a daily basis.