/r/RBI

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Using the power of the internet to solve real-world problems.

About:

The goal of the RBI (Reddit Bureau of Investigation) is to use the power of Reddit to solve mysteries. The idea is an organized group of Redditors interested in solving crimes/mysteries and helping people in the process.


Rules:

You can find the rules here.

Doxxing of any kind is strictly forbidden, as per Reddit TOS.

Witch-hunts and/or the posting of personal information are forbidden. The motto "not your personal army applies."

If you see a post containing any personal information, please report it and message the mods.

If you have any queries or concerns, feel free to message the moderators.

Comments that do not contribute to the discussion or serve only as a "reminder" will be removed.

Transparency:

Our moderation logs are publicly accessible. Click here.


Images:

if you are submitting images for forensics (eg, license plate reading, etc) it is helpful to submit the original image. We advise uploading this to something such as dropbox to avoid compression. Imgur and other websites often strip data from images to save on space.

Re-saving an image uploaded to social media will often provide you with a lower quality image, so please use an alternative file sharing website when sharing raw material. Consider uploading the original image in a zipfile in dropbox or similar.


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Possible monkey abuse?

I’ve been seeing these monkey channels all over. It seems like the same lady but different monkeys. Any clue? the @ on instagram is @themonkeyreels

0 Comments
2024/05/20
17:13 UTC

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Unexpected certified letter coming

I had a package show up today in my USPS informed delivery. It is a package that I cannot account for. The tracking starts in 7556 which is not a format I am familiar with. There is no origin information. The only piece of information is about the package hitting a distribution center nearby yesterday. There is no ETA listed either.

After speaking with a customer service representative from USPS on the phone, she basically said there is very little information for this package, which is unusual. She said that given the weight, she suspects it is a letter. She also said that given the tracking starts in 7, it is likely a certified mail package. She also indicated that it was insured for $500.

My mind is spinning about what this package could be. I am worried that I’m being sued, or audited (maybe IRS?)or subpoenaed, or fined, or something else that I’m not aware of. I don’t have any reason to suspect those things, but for the life of me, I cannot figure out why someone would be sending me a certified letter. Nor can I figure out how it got into the system without being scanned in. Nor can I figure out why someone would ensure a letter for $500.

Any help would be appreciated. If not solving it outright, at least figuring out what sort of things might be unexpectedly delivered via certified mail that were worth insuring for $500. My nerves are running amok!

EDIT: I just read that certified mail cannot be insured. Things just got weirder. The US PS agent I spoke with confirmed that this is insured for $500. Therefore, it must not be certified, right? And yet the tracking starts with 7556. Wtf?

6 Comments
2024/05/20
16:51 UTC

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I think the man at the cafe is stalking me

Opposite my house is a rather busy cafe and every day I see this guy in there intently staring at my house, I like to give him something to think about so every day I bring a new car home from the dealership I work at..

4 Comments
2024/05/20
15:58 UTC

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My friend was assaulted by police at a gas station, we're trying to find any video's posted online

This happened in st albans wv, may 10th. my friend (don't want to add any identifying details bc he's been through enough atp) had the cops called on him and they were extremely rough with him. People were crowding around and taking videos. I've been trying to find if any of these have been posted online, but no such luck. I was recommended here after posting on

0 Comments
2024/05/20
14:58 UTC

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Reporting an Online Pedophile in Mexico, from Australia

New account so my normal stuff can't be affiliated with this.

So, long story short.

I'm from Australia, and I want to report someone who lives in Mexico. They're a pedophile, who I've recently found out about from my partner. They were groomed since the age of twelve, having an absurd amount of sexual interactions with this vile grown fucking man throughout the years. I've been shown text evidence of their interactions, and confirmation of their ages - whilst the victim, my partner, was underaged.

I've managed to convince them, alongside a friend of mine, to speak up about the issue to the server owner and have them removed from the community, and from their life. It's a My Little Pony game community, so, not a big surprise unfortunately. The owner was a close friend of theirs, and they aren't talking the news too well.

Now,

How would I go about getting this filth arrested? I have his name, his face, an email, the university he went to, and the city. What can I do with this information? I want to do this in a manner that doesn't get my partner any more included than they already have, it's been very hard for them to go back through these interactions, and I don't want to burden them any further. This pedophile has been a 'friend' to them for a very long time, being there for them when nobody else has, so they're struggling. I want to make sure there's not a chance in hell that man has an opportunity to talk to them again.

I don't quite feel as though I have enough information, his name seems common and it's within Mexico City. But in any case, what can I do?

EDIT - Forgot to clarify, the victim from America.

15 Comments
2024/05/20
13:02 UTC

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Windows 98 computer game

Hi! I hope this type of post is ok here :)

There is a computer game I used to play on our old windows computer. I don't know if it came on the computer, or if it was something we purchased. I haven't been able to find it with searches online and have been so curious what game it was.

The only "level" I remember, I think it was near the end of the game, there was a steep mountain with candies (i think) rolling down it, trying to kill you. You had to either jump or move out of the way to get to the top. I'm pretty sure the closer to the top it got snowy and maybe "slippery" and you played as a tiny little guy character throughout all the world / levels.

I vaguely remember another level that was an underground level & I think you had to break through dirt walls / avoid things, and eventually climb out the other side.

I'm sorry this is not super descriptive...it was so long ago & it's driving me crazy trying to figure this game out lol. I loved it as a kid and would play it often!

If this helps at all- the only other game I remember playing on this computer (besides minesweeper) was a matching game. You'd flip tiles over and have to find the matching tile & they were all different car company logos.

6 Comments
2024/05/20
12:58 UTC

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Haunted Maze That May or May Not Exist

I need help finding this maze.

Here’s the story: My friend was telling me about a haunted maze that she and her friend stumbled upon in October 2022, In Buena Park, CA. It was in the plaza that was across the Street from Knotts Berry Farm and was in the parking lot next to the Spirit Halloween, it used to be a Sears if that helps anyone out. It not the 17th door, since it’s by the 24 Hr Fitness and that’s on the other side of the lot. My friend who I’ll call Ness, said the maze(?) was surrounded by green construction fences, and she couldn’t see much through the gaps, but it almost looked like a junkyard with lights, and then she and her friend found an entrance. When they had peeked in, they saw what looked to be an old big rickety shed that had those meat locker plastic strip curtains, and it was really dark other than a little light at the end of the shack. Then, a large white pickup truck, possibly a Silverado or Ford F150, was driving out of the shed, towards their direction. Before they could see what happened, they got out of there for obvious reasons, and walked around the maze once they had gotten far enough. While they were walking around the green construction gate they could still see part of what was inside the maze, and they saw a man in a mask, in overalls/construction clothing. They were using equipment that were making sparks fly everywhere, causing a lot of noise, while some of them were banging wrenches, and in the back, people’s screaming could be heard. While walking around further, they found another peephole and looking through, they saw a bunch of chairs, possibly a breakroom of sorts? Continuing on, across to where they were, there was a pumpkin patch or little carnival of sorts. They asked an employee what said maze even was, and from what she remembers, they had told them that it was a maze and nothing further. Weirdest of all, there was no advertisement, no one visible, and there was no line, it was unmarked and isolated from the rest of the plaza. Ontop of all this, Nessa swears that she took pictures and videos, but non are to be found.

We tried looking up the maze, we thought it was the 17th door at first but after further digging, we can’t find this place.

I know it may sound like a really shitty creepy story, but we’ve been trying to find this place for about a couple hours now.

TLDR; We Need help finding this maze, that’s in Buena Park,CA and No it’s not the 17th door (could be,but not Likley). We can’t find anything online, please help.

9 Comments
2024/05/20
10:44 UTC

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I think a highranking political figure has tried to block my grandparental inheritance due to an unshareable common secret they had

I will not mention names [ maybe if asked in pm i might give some real hints as it is a past story]. So my grand uncle knew some people in a powerful nations leadership thru his psychologist family members [ kept secret due to our living behind the Iron Curtain.]

And because he was at first an interpreter...he has met many families involved in social works among fleeing minorities in need of help during the last big war.

One of the foster kids 20 ys later became famous for being part of a high level mischief resulting in a leaders early death.

So they were mentioned anonymously to the police as family connections...and included in the family relation list beside my grand-uncle was a later boss figure...eventually landed in a prestigious rank next to a following Leader.

So the investigators blocked this aspect of the search process.

The high ranking figure asked a friend [ a former Embassy attaché] to become the curator of the inheritance...and persuaded him to sign his Will accordingly.

The idea was logical...during the Cold War it seemed dangerous to share the information behind the Iron Curtain that this Uncle was in touch with high ranking Leaders...[ besides the culprit family members in the putch-like event - together with the highranking boss.BTW similar family names do not prove a real personal impact...]

But now the participants are all dead. Those past issues have no impact today.

Of course the inheritance [ just his flat] was given to charities...no way to get back the money.

No one would be interested if I tried to publish it in a short story.

There is an even less important side plot which is more important for me personally...

The Uncle got his Leader Translator job due to his In-Law working for a famous guru [ like Jung etc]...

I mistrusted therapies [ although I needed it as I started in an orphan care center]...And then in the last decades on the net I have found a book of Jung's artist friend sold from the bookshelf of this Lethal Mischief Hero...

And that Art book was published by the Publisher where my late mom has worked as a typist...and where the Director was a Secret Agent for a country maybe financing the Mischief...

And then I realized that my mom [ and me as a kid] was in regular letter exchange with the Secret Interpreter-Advisor Uncle [ openly a Prof at a Uni].

So even if no inheritance money can be recuperated...if I could write - or ask someone writing - a spy story of it...it could be fun. And when I told the story online in a history of psychology gathering..i was granted a 4 year analytic training...[ just for being on the periphery of a main school]. I already worked as a Senior Home Memory Coach anyway.

Of course this might not make the story interesting as these figures are fading...i tried to pitch it to publishers and all of them told that no one would believe it...there are thousands of books on the guy...they would think it is just another conteo.

And who would read a story about an Enemy-Zone pensioner [ me] whose parents keep hidden of him all the influential Famous Western Names around the family [ for fear of the secret police etc].

I hope I did take into account the no-politics rule as it is just about hidden fame not politics. Anyway if I get banned I copy this for myself as exactly by omitting the real historical names do I see that yes...maybe it is a story in this.

But now that i see from my mom's Publisher's book owned by the main Culprit..that indeed we a r e related...even if a book is beyond my talents...i could maybe invent a crime-detection themed cardgame.

5 Comments
2024/05/20
08:31 UTC

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Asking for tech help

Can someone with video editing skills possibly look at a video I have and tell me if it has an over lay on it. My narcissistic ex posts these odd videos and I know some of her family members are computer savvy, and for some reason my intuition tells me there are words or a message hidden in the video. I realize this sound paranoid but if someone could help me out it would help show there true self and validate me for years of gaslighting.

2 Comments
2024/05/20
07:52 UTC

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Am I in the right place?

Greetings to your awesome sub! I'm looking for a community that will help me fact-check and do deep dives into statements made by political figures. I've been to all the political subs, and they are CHAOS. Anyone know of a sub dedicated to the fact-checking foe fact-checking' sake?

9 Comments
2024/05/20
04:28 UTC

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Where can I find this jacket for sale? Link below

https://www.debenhams.com/product/barneys-originals-faux-shearling-coat_p-38b6f884-c804-4a36-bc53-c34d72cfbe6c?colour=Brown

I used to own this exact jacket YEARS ago but it was stolen at a party. Eventually found the exact one that I used to own but it's obviously not produced anymore. Anyone have any ideas on how to track down old stock?

2 Comments
2024/05/20
03:27 UTC

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I was told to ask here, I need help finding stolen DS. Only photos of my family on there.

Not even sure if possible but please help me find my old DS. I figured the internet may help.

I recently had a family storage unit get broken into and stuff was stolen. One of those things were my childhood DS. I live in a diffrent state now, but my storage unit is still in Kokomo Indiana.

I don't care about the games I had or the pen or the case of anything like that. That DS was given to me on my 7th birthday, and it was all I had before I got a phone. It has all my childhood photos on it. Dead relatives, dead pets, my younger siblings first days on earth, my first chicken pox, camping trips with friends I no longer have the names of, holidays, etc.

I will do ANYTHING to have this DS back. It was a sky blue, and it has pictures of a little blonde kid in it. One of a blonde girl on a couch in a black and grey shirt(first photo on it), one of a girl in the hospital, one with two girls in a car with a pacifier, one photo with a girl with mayo/a bonnet on her head, It may have games like spongebob, lala loopsie, a baby sitter game, MLP game, or a dog game in it. The voice recordings have a little girl (my childhood best friend) screaming stuff into it, and probably some bad drawing animations on it.

I don't know where else to go, the storage unit had no cameras, and it's been 4 years since we got the unit, that DS could be anywhere by now.

I just want my childhood memories back, those photos. It's all I care about. I don't even care about the Alexa, or gaming computer, or fitbit, or any of that shit. I just need those photos.

10 Comments
2024/05/20
03:25 UTC

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Help find my old friend Bob from college

6 Comments
2024/05/20
03:05 UTC

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Long Shot Cold Case Identification

As title states, this is a long shot! I remember back in the 2010’s reading on WebSleuths about a young man in Louisiana going missing. He lived with his mom possibly, no cell phone or car, they had gotten in a fight, went on a walk to blow off some steam and he was never heard from again. Pretty sure he had a child with his ex girlfriend, who happened to be dating the local mayor’s son or local sheriff’s son.

If anyone could possibly help me identify this, I would greatly appreciate it! TIA

4 Comments
2024/05/20
01:58 UTC

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NEW RBI BRANCH

I made an RBI branch called r/chat_investigations. We will handle messages, emails and modmail investigations from now on

15 Comments
2024/05/19
21:03 UTC

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Need help identifying plate ID and state

Driver of this white Escalade caused accident and left the scene. Happened in Georgia if that helps

https://imgur.com/a/e6yXatc

4 Comments
2024/05/19
18:28 UTC

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Why is there always a different car in this guys drive way?

For the last 4 years i've been eating lunch at a local café (which has it's own mysteries, it's extreamly popular despite the fact there's a McDonalds just down the road, til the point you see people fighting over parking spaces) opposite there's a quite a big house, it's not fancy but doesn't cheap either, there's always multiple cars parked in the drive way, some at the edges and one in the center.

Here's the thing, for the last 4 years these cars have changed every day, there is a garage but there has been so much variety i doubt this guy is just rotating cars and i never see the same car twice, i first noticed it back in 2020 when there was a bentley, next day there was a different, far more boring car in the same place, i assumed they had downsized their car because of events, since then, i have seen many cars, sports car, two door, four door, SUVs, family cars, etc oddly enough nothing as high tier as the bentley but the best i've seen have been audis and stuff, lowest tier have been things like hatchbacks.

The cars around the edges also change too but they're behind a wall so not visible to the public.

What is this guy doing? my guess is they're either buying cars, doing them up and selling them, or are doing something far more suspicious, i've been formulating theories for 4 years so i'd love to hear what you think.

127 Comments
2024/05/19
17:18 UTC

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Hello r/RBI, looking for some advice regarding a predatory partnered streamer on the Twitch platform.

Hello all, coming here today primarily to try and help raise awareness, here, and hopefully in any other relevant communities regarding a partnered Twitch streamer who has been documented as systematically abusing women on the platform, and, as we've subsequently found out, potentially grooming minors through his private discord channel.

Attatched is a link to an file extensively doccumenting the individuals previous court case, admissions of conviction regarding their possession of indecent imagery of minors, and a series of falsified claims they have delivered publicly, in an attempt to retain the access they have to vulnerable people and minors on the platform.

Despite this, the individual remains active and surrounded by minors, who are unnaware that they are spending time with someone who is likely a child predator, and has, themselves, confessed to being convicted as one, multiple times.

We are not looking to doxx this individual, and the police and lawyers have been contacted regarding legal concerns. Currently, I am looking for advice on how best to ensure this information is easily accessible to those in the Twitch / The Last Of Us communities online, especially if they are young, vulnerable or impressionable.

Some of the information and screenshots within this document are truly harrowing, and may be triggering for some people.
Any help outwith emailing Twitch, and contacting the police regarding our concerns would be greatly appreciated.
As the users behaviour becomes more and more eratic, and we await Twitch and Discord taking action on the matter, our primary goal is to make attempts to assure the safety of any would be victims.

Thank you.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1238709935353892926/1240811609857982464/SLAYBASE_TWITCH_UPDATE_TOC_02.pdf?ex=664b371c&is=6649e59c&hm=2ae4e55c56a7bbef13f2b420735e15cd86728650d23991b6c1c442c12ae0c634&

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2024/05/19
15:19 UTC

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found a fake animal rescue channel

https://youtube.com/@animalcareusa?si=zACh6Q0d-j7wh7U3 this channel does the strat of click baiting titles and thumbnails where they “rescue” the animals you can easily tell that they put them there as well why tf would a real animal rescuer have the time to take a “perfect” thumbnail photo, pretty much all of their videos and shorts follow this format.

5 Comments
2024/05/19
14:54 UTC

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Can someone help me wind the name of this computer

Idk how to explain it but it was an old Apple computer monitor was big af or should I say thinck af almost like old tvs that had gigant back the mouse didnt have right click and the pc part was pritty small like a small box with 2 cables one was for monitor one was for mouse. It prob had 3 one for internet but i dont remember.

Ill answer any questions that can help finding the name of this computer.

Sorry for bad english its not my first language.

8 Comments
2024/05/19
11:29 UTC

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Helping Europol track a pedophile.

Hi,

Europol has listed a few images which could lead to the identification of pedophiles. My interest in in item 5658, which shows a sleeveless T shirt of a possible minor with a logo. I strongly suspect that the logo could be of a football club.

In order to better identify the logo, I've made an identical copy (see below link). Does the logo seem familiar to anyone?

Logo

Thanks!

10 Comments
2024/05/19
11:23 UTC

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Looking for title of movie

Edit:FOUND! Thank you 🙏, I’ve thought about this movie for years and couldn’t remember the name.

Edit2: Movie name “Invaders from Mars”

I was born in 03’. I have a memory of watching a movie from when I was really young that i’m asking for the name of, I believe it was a movie about aliens, every adult had been taken over or possessed and had some type of tag or mark on the back of their neck that’s how it was obvious. the main character was a young boy and i distinctly remember him trusting his teacher throughout the movie and trying to explain what was happening but then he noticed that the back of her neck had the mark. that’s all I can remember, sorry if this makes absolutely no sense, it’s worth a try.

7 Comments
2024/05/19
10:35 UTC

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I Need Help with Finding an Internet Murderer

I came across this old archived post on 4chan's /x/ board. I've been really into researching internet murderers and whatnot, and this story has my interest piqued.

If you don't want to click, the post says "anyone remembers the thread where some dude claimed to be a killer and posted pics of a chicks corpse" -- many responded to it, with some mentioning they recall that happening; even remembering identical details of the victim.

Red hair. Missing eyes. Missing tongue.

The plot twist? Someone in the thread ends up recognizing the victim, rather as a relative, or as an ex-partner. They apparently created a tumblr account to hunt down the murderer/the OP, but this is all the information I can find. Posters were saying the original 4chan thread had been archived, so it's apparently still able to be found. But searching through the several buggy 3rd party archive libraries for 4chan is so difficult that it's almost pointless.

If anyone can help, or send links, that'd be greatly appreciated!

PS: this is NOT referring to the David Kalac story.

4 Comments
2024/05/19
08:42 UTC

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Smell of roses parfum at 04:50 unexplained

Hello,
yesterday in the middle of the night me and my wife was playing on the computer together and we smell together a perfume of roses just at my left, for 2 - 3 min...
There was no window open, we smell the whole room but the perfum was just at my left,
Then i got spiky hair on my arms like 10 times in a row and lot of strange effects on me but not on my wife.

Then the smell disapear, we inspected the house and the smell appear in the bathroom for 1 min and then disapear.

Back in the bedroom on the computer the smell came back for 1mn and disapear.

Then nothing more, but i remember having spiky hair, a strange sensation in my head, my eyes vision was strange too and i got tired very fast.

I need to find a logical reason to this.
I can't explain this and my wife smelled this too.

Thanks RBI

edit (05/19/2024, 6;50PM):

Hello, thank you for your responses. I will give you as many details as possible to be as precise as possible.

To begin, we live in a small apartment in the south of France,It's a little outside the city center. We are in a two floor apartment; the apartments above and below us are empty, with no tenants. There is a cemetery visible from our bedroom, right in front of our window. The phenomenon occurred in the bedroom, opposite the apartment entrance.

It's important to note that there is no gas in the apartment, so carbon monoxide poisoning is impossible. Everything here is electric.

We were in our bedroom, deciding to end the evening by playing games together, each on our own computer, side by side, at our desk right in front of the window overlooking the cemetery. The desk is placed against the window.

All the windows in the apartment were closed;

While we were focused on our video games, I started to smell a very strong perfume just to my left, at shoulder level. Note that I was on the left side of the desk where I was playing, and there wasn't even 50 cm between me and the wall.

I smelled a very strong scent of rose petals, or roses, I don't know, like the perfume of a mature woman, just to my left, between my spot at the desk and the wall.

It wasn't just a scent of perfume, but a really powerful smell, as if someone had just sprayed themselves with perfume, not like someone who had been wearing it for several hours.

I immediately mentioned this smell to my wife, who also smelled it and found it strange.

I got goosebumps, my hair stood on end several times in a row, there was tingling on my right arm, and I remember having tingling on my face as well. I don't know why, I don't know if I was scared because I can't explain it, and if that's the reason, but I also had blurred vision. I had trouble staying focused on my computer screen, and I had trouble reading, as if I had flashes in my eyes like when you look at the sun and there's a mark left, and I was suddenly overcome with fatigue. I remember that I was ready to play for several more hours, but suddenly I was very tired.

What scares me is that I tried to find a rational reason for the problem. I started smelling the electrical outlets, opening the bedroom window, smelling everywhere, but the smell stayed right next to my desk and came from nowhere in particular. Note that it was the middle of the night.

Then the smell disappeared. My wife and I decided to visit all the rooms in the apartment to check if the smell was present elsewhere, but it was nowhere. At one point, we were in the hallway, and in the bathroom doorway, the smell came to us as if it had followed us or was moving, then it disappeared again. Later, while talking about it with my wife, I sat on our bed, and the smell came back. I showed my arm to my wife; it was super prickly, my hair was standing on end, and I had strange sensations in my body. It was like shivers were running through me every 2 seconds for 30 seconds without stopping, with tingling along my spine and right arm.

After that, we didn't have anything special happen, but I'm still shocked, and I'm desperately trying to explain what happened. I don't believe in the paranormal, and I'm looking for a rational reason for the problem, but I just don't understand what's happening at all.

I am therefore asking for your help to investigate and find out what really happened.

It's worth noting that my wife told me she had already smelled strange things in our bedroom, exactly where our desk is located (but never this rose smell). I don't really know what she was referring to, but having no idea, I'm left with an unexplained mystery, and I need to know the source of this phenomenon.

Thank you very much, RBI.


Edit 2 :

Here is a draw of the apartment and the dot pink are the scent of roses location we got in few min interval
Draw of the appartment

There is no fan or AC

39 Comments
2024/05/19
08:18 UTC

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IntelX Info/Where to Look

Very new to OSINT and online forensics in general, so apologies for sounding very green.

A few months back, I experimented with TOR browsing and managed to get my computer infected with stealer software (I know, really stupid).

One full wipe later, I think I'm in the clear; a quick search of my info on IntelligenceX proves otherwise. I'm on a student account, but some of my info still appears visible.

I've already sent IntelX a removal request. I would be interested (given that the $5000 price tag is unaffordable right now to me) to see if someone with a professional account could run a query on my behalf, or to see if anyone knows the source/host of the text.

The text format (to prevent self-dxing) is [COUNTRY]hostname@user#randstring.rar

Am I going about this the wrong way? Thanks again!

0 Comments
2024/05/19
02:53 UTC

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Food delivery mystery…

UPDATE: it was a restaurant error. CASE CLOSED

Tonight my husband and I decided to walk our dogs to one of our local spots to pick up dinner. When we got there I held on to the dogs while he went in to grab our order. I checked my phone and saw that i had a camera alert. Someone (with a bag in hand) had rang our bell. I went to check the live feed and the person had already left. It probably took us 15-20 minutes to get back…

When we got home, we noticed the bag on our steps and brought it inside. The slip on the bag had no info about the restaurant or delivery service, however, was addressed to our house with my husband’s name and phone number. We know this wasn’t a friendly surprised from friends or family bc we have not eaten meat in years and both items in delivery were meat items.

I have read stories about this and that people pick up the food at the address etc but no one tried to retrieve the food. I’m somewhat familiar with brushing schemes but I guess I’m not sure how we could inform someone aside from blasting a pic of the driver and asking if anyone knows him (this seems like a terrible option haha) so we can trace it back to a delivery service or restaurant. I don’t want our address linked to stolen food/money.

I am not sure how someone got our name number and address either. We routinely scrub the internet and request our info be removed from data aggregator sites like spokeo.

My thought was to let this one go and report it to police if it continues (assuming we’re not home for the delivery) but I want to make sure I’m not missing anything. Should we be concerned about anything else?

Thanks RBI!

32 Comments
2024/05/19
02:39 UTC

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Looking for a long lost family member.

Hello, while I won't go into too much detail, but I need help with finding a family member. It has been years since I talked to him. I don't know where he last lived. I know a lot of other information about him. I know information on his mother, father, birth country, I just don't know how to find him.

6 Comments
2024/05/19
00:03 UTC

12 Comments
2024/05/18
23:44 UTC

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Websites used to find people..?

Are websites like truth finder and public record reports legit? I have no problem paying for a report on an old friend that I’ve lost contact with, but these sites are a smidge suspect.

13 Comments
2024/05/18
21:05 UTC

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Suspicious handshake at bar left me bleeding

I went to a gay bar last night with my girlfriend and her friend, and a random man came up to them while I was ordering drinks at the bar. When I turned back around toward them, he greeted me and shook my hand. When shaking his hand, I felt something sharp pressed against my finger, what I now suspect to have been glass. I asked him what was in his hand and he said “nothing man what are you talking about” and refused to admit that something was in his hand. I tried to forget about it and move on but my finger started bleeding a little and I became more concerned. A nice lady came up to us and we asked what that guy might have been doing, and she said that it’s a somewhat common thing called “tagging” where people will cut others in order to extract their DNA and plant it in crime scenes. This was concerning but seemed a little far fetched. Spoke to security and called the police, however the did very little to help. He was a very sketchy guy trying to act smooth and I’m wondering if anyone might know why he would intentionally cut me when shaking my hand.

EDIT: thank you to everyone encouraging me to err on the side of caution, I’ve made an appointment with my doctor (within 72 hrs) to be extra safe. I documented everything after the cursed handshake (photo of the guy, receipts, etc), and I have written to the bar explaining everything in detail.

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2024/05/18
17:01 UTC

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