Remove fake accounts and harmful posts from Instagram

Instagram harm in Singapore

Instagram reaches about 3.35 million people in Singapore, 57% of the population (DataReportal Digital 2026), and 41% of residents who met harmful content online in the 2025 MDDI survey saw it there. Clone accounts are the typical local case: a copy of a real profile messages its followers with “investment” or loan offers, and the victim’s friends lose money.

Instagram is designated under IMDA’s Code of Practice for Online Safety and is a prescribed platform under the Online Safety (Relief and Accountability) Act 2025. It must act on an online harm notice about intimate images within 24 hours (6 hours where intimate parts are exposed) and on doxxing and harassment within 48 hours.

Cases we handle on Instagram

• Clone accounts copying your profile picture and posts to message your followers.
• Catfish profiles using your selfies on Instagram and dating apps at the same time.
• “Exposed” or confession pages posting your photo with accusations, your school (JC, poly, uni) or your workplace.
• Stories and Reels showing your address or number: doxxing removal.
• Intimate or AI-altered images posted or sent by DM to your followers: deepfake removal.

Instagram’s reporting routes, and where they fail

Impersonation reports are often refused for one of three reasons: they come from a friend rather than the person copied, they report a single post instead of the account, or there is nothing linking the photos to you. We choose the route accordingly.

1. In-app report from the profile: Report, then the option for an account pretending to be someone. Any user can flag it, but Instagram acts faster when the person impersonated files it.
2. Non-user impersonation form. Without an Instagram account, you use the Help Center form: the fake username plus a photo of you holding government ID (NRIC, or your pass for pass holders). Only you or an authorised representative, such as a parent, can file it.
3. Privacy and nudity reports for posts showing you without consent, with StopNCII.org hashing to block copies across Meta services without the image leaving your device.
4. Second filing with stronger evidence: your older posts with dates, and screenshots of the messages the clone sent.

When to go to the Online Safety Commission

For intimate images and doxxing, report directly to the Online Safety Commission at report.osc.gov.sg, free. Harassment and stalking go to Instagram first; keep the confirmation, because the OSC asks for proof of that report and acts if Instagram gives no adequate response within 24 hours. Citizens, PRs and valid pass holders, from Work Permit to Student’s Pass, can report; anonymous reports are not accepted.

Impersonation is one of the harms the Act will cover only later, with no start date. A clone account therefore depends on Instagram’s own rules today, which is where careful reporting matters most. Sharing intimate images without consent, including deepfakes, is already an offence under Penal Code s 377BE; report it to the police as well.

What you get

• A free assessment through the contact form (or Messenger): what is removable, by which route, and the price before you pay.
• Reports filed within 48 hours for one link (S$42), 36 hours for three (S$99), 24 hours for ten (S$286, with a removal report).
• Monitoring for new clone accounts with the 20-link pack (S$501) or a monthly plan from S$113.
• Google follow-up so your photos stop appearing next to the fake profile in search.

No extra fees; we promise actions and timelines, not Instagram’s decision. We never need your password and never contact your employer. NetClearer is not a law firm. Back to all platforms, or see fake account removal for Coffee Meets Bagel, Bumble and Hinge.