Instagram OSINT Intelligence Report: ibadlostinthecosmos
ibadlostinthecosmos
2026-06-22Bottom Line Up Front
This is a public Instagram account with moderate follower volume, no verification, and a bio that references two tagged accounts. The available evidence supports that the account is probably a real personal persona rather than an obvious impersonation, but identity resolution is weak because there are no posts, no external links, and no corroborating profile details beyond the username and bio.
Key Judgments
The account is likely a personal persona tied to the name 'Ibad:3', but the evidence is too thin to confirm a real-world identity.
There are no strong indicators of overt impersonation, scam behavior, or automated AI-agent activity in the collected evidence.
Audience authenticity cannot be verified from the current dataset, but the follower/following ratio does not by itself suggest obvious bot amplification.
Risk Assessment
Analytic confidence in this assessment is moderate.
Identity resolution
Resolved Primary Identity
Ibad:3
The most defensible resolved identity is the account’s self-presented persona, Ibad:3. The username and display name align, but there is not enough corroboration to resolve a legal name or real-world identity with confidence.
Resolved Identifiers
username
ibadlostinthecosmos
full name
Ibad:3
organization
Instagram account
Online presence
The subject has a public Instagram presence with modest follower count and two explicit Instagram tag references in the bio. No external website, category, or confirmed cross-platform identity was recovered from the available evidence.
Instagram • Public
Linkage Basis:
- Direct profile query on the exact username
- Matching display name in the profile metadata
Instagram • Unknown
Linkage Basis:
- Tagged in the bio as 'A part of me @shael_not_found'
Instagram • Unknown
Linkage Basis:
- Tagged in the bio as '@nikki.onmercury'
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Target Alias
@ibadlostinthecosmos
Account OSINT
Top Associated Accounts
The visible network is narrow and centered on two Instagram handles named in the bio. No broader business or institutional network was identified.
@shael_not_found
same_link_in_bioInstagram bio
"Explicitly tagged in the bio as 'A part of me', which suggests a close personal or identity-related connection, but the exact relationship is unknown."
@nikki.onmercury
same_link_in_bioInstagram bio
"Explicitly tagged in the bio, indicating an intentional association, but no further context is available."
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Reveal Associates »Account Timeline
The account looks like a low-to-moderate activity personal profile, but the evidence is insufficient to map cadence, time-of-day behavior, or posting frequency.
Account Last Observed
Observed in the current evidence collection on 2026-06-22
The account is publicly reachable at the time of collection.
Latest Post
No posts returned in the collected timeline
Activity could not be timed from post data.
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Intelligence gathered
Strong Identifiers And Pivots
- The account username is ibadlostinthecosmos and the display name is Ibad:3.
- The bio includes two explicit account tags: @shael_not_found and @nikki.onmercury.
Intelligence Gaps 3
- No legal name, email, phone number, website, or location was exposed.
- No profile creation date was available.
- No posts were returned in the collected timeline.
Weak Identifiers And Background Markers
- The bio uses poetic, self-referential language: 'A mosaic of every shadow I’ve left and every light I’m chasing is etched in time.'
- The account is not verified.
Intelligence Gaps 3
- No school, employer, or city marker was found.
- No bio link or external URL was present.
- No stable background markers could be confirmed from posts or highlights.
Account Attribution And Identity Linkage
- The exact profile lookup on the username makes the account attribution to ibadlostinthecosmos strong.
- The display name 'Ibad:3' appears to be the account’s own chosen persona, but it is not independently verified as a legal identity.
Intelligence Gaps 3
- No linked external profiles were confirmed.
- No corroborating public records were provided.
- No reverse-image match was available from the evidence set.
Online Presence And Platform Activity
- The public Instagram profile is accessible, but the collected posts query returned no timeline items for the target profile.
- Web search snippets show the handle appearing in Instagram content, including reels and giveaway-related content.
Intelligence Gaps 3
- No engagement metrics beyond follower and following counts were available.
- No post captions or timestamps were recovered from the target timeline.
- No cross-platform presence was confirmed with high confidence.
Behavioral Markers And Preferences
- The bio style suggests introspective, aesthetic self-presentation rather than commercial branding.
- The account follows substantially more accounts than it has followers, which is common for personal or network-building accounts.
Intelligence Gaps 3
- No content themes could be reliably inferred from posts because no posts were collected.
- No interests, affiliations, or location habits could be extracted.
- No audience interaction pattern was available.
Temporal Markers And Activity Windows
- No account creation date was exposed by the collected profile data.
- No target posts were returned, so posting windows and active hours could not be established.
Intelligence Gaps 3
- No reliable timeline of posts, story activity, or profile changes was available.
- No username-change history was available.
- No activity-gap analysis could be performed.
Best next moves
Check whether @shael_not_found is a real associated account
The bio names this handle directly, so it is the cleanest next pivot for confirming whether the subject’s stated relationship is real or just decorative text.
Check whether @nikki.onmercury is a real associated account
This is the second explicit bio-tag and may help confirm the subject’s network or identity context.
Run a reverse-image search on the profile photo
A matched or reused image would materially change the authenticity assessment, but the current evidence does not include a confirmed image URL.
Compare similar usernames in the search results
The handles lost_in_the_cosmos, lost__in_cosmos, lostinthecosmosx, and i_lostincosmos may reveal a naming cluster or unrelated copies.
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Risks & recommendations
Identified Risks
3
⤷ 3 additional risks found in this analysis
Identified Risks
3⤷ 3 additional risks found in this analysis
Identity ambiguity
LikelyThe account’s real-world identity remains unresolved, so attribution confidence is limited.
Impersonation / name confusion
Roughly even chanceThe stylized handle and lack of verification could make the account easier to confuse with similarly named profiles.
Audience authenticity
Roughly even chanceFollower quality cannot be confirmed, and the account may have a mix of genuine and low-engagement followers.
Recommendations
3
⤷ 3 recommended courses of action
Recommendations
3⤷ 3 recommended courses of action
Verify the bio-tagged handles
3 stepsCheck whether @shael_not_found and @nikki.onmercury are real accounts and whether they reciprocally reference ibadlostinthecosmos.
Assess profile authenticity with image and content checks
3 stepsUse the profile photo and any future posts to confirm whether the account presents as a normal personal profile or a recycled/borrowed identity.
Expand username-based attribution
3 stepsSearch the adjacent handles returned by the username search to see whether ibadlostinthecosmos belongs to a broader naming cluster.
Data sources
Source Registry
5
Only public and tool-returned evidence was used. No private data, credentialed access, or follower harvesting was performed.
Source Registry
5Only public and tool-returned evidence was used. No private data, credentialed access, or follower harvesting was performed.
| Source ID / Type | Description | Grading (Src/Info) |
|---|---|---|
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eval_1
social profile
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Instagram profile lookup for username ibadlostinthecosmos.
Coverage: Profile metadata including username, display name, biography, follower/following counts, verification status, and linked bio fields.
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SRC
A
INFO
1
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eval_2
post
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Instagram posts lookup for ibadlostinthecosmos.
Coverage: Public post timeline search results associated with the target profile.
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SRC
A
INFO
1
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eval_3
username search
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Cross-platform social search for the username ibadlostinthecosmos.
Coverage: Returned adjacent Instagram handles that may be related by naming pattern.
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SRC
B
INFO
2
|
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eval_4
website
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Web existence check for the username and related content snippets.
Coverage: Search engine snippets referencing the handle in Instagram content.
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SRC
B
INFO
2
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eval_5
metadata
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AI/deepfake image detection output for the available profile media.
Coverage: High-level artificial-image signal only; no human face detected.
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SRC
B
INFO
2
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