# boti_dlya_poiska: a Russian link directory for Telegram lookup bots

> The repository is a written index, not a tool: seven Telegram bots for OSINT lookups by phone number, nickname, email or account, each with a sibling repository and a referral-marked link, wrapped in search advice and a crypto wallet pitch.

**osint-and-search/boti_dlya_poiska** — Список лучших ботов для пробива и поиска информации, а также лучшие сервисы для разведки и OSINT.

- Repository: https://github.com/osint-and-search/boti_dlya_poiska
- Website: https://github.com/osint-and-search/poiskovie_i_OSINT_instrumenti
- Stars: 226 · Forks: 4
- Language: Unknown
- License: not declared
- Published: 2026-08-21 · Updated: 2026-08-21 · Language: en
- Canonical page: https://hysenlabs.com/projects/osint-and-search-boti-dlya-poiska

## A link directory, not a tool: seven bots and seven sibling repositories

Nothing in this repository computes anything. It is a written index in Russian, with an image at the root and no code, no script and no install step. Its subject is Telegram, which the opening paragraph calls the main platform where tools for finding records, studying digital traces and solving OSINT tasks keep appearing, and it names the identifiers people search by: a phone number, a Telegram nickname, an email address, an account. The list has seven entries, Sherlock, Vektor, Enigma, Himera, Telelog, FunStat and UsersBox, and each entry pairs the bot with a separate repository under the same organisation, named telegram_bot_Sherlock, telegram_bot_Vektor and so on, plus a direct t.me link. Every one of those direct links carries a start parameter with a ref marker inside it, so none of them is a plain bot address.

## FunStat and Telelog resolve to the same address, and UsersBox has no link at all

Two of the seven entries describe the same thing. The Telelog entry and the FunStat entry both point at https://t.me/TLLG_search_bot?start=01083996516B74617466, and the text says FunStat is the previous name of Telelog, so a renamed bot is carried under both names with a single link. The opposite case is UsersBox: its entry has empty parentheses where the other six have a direct link, and it is described as a closed bot that stopped working after the era of Glaz Boga. A list presented as current keeps a dead entry in place, which is reason enough to read each line for its own date rather than counting rows.

## A crypto wallet pitch sits between the list and the tips

Between the list of bots and the advice on searching, the document carries a section headed how to pay with cryptocurrency in lookup bots, which opens by asking what to do when you need to top up with crypto and do not know how. The answer is a wallet bot called Antarctic, linked at t.me/antarctic_wallet_bot/app?startapp=ref_57c71159cc. The text claims it lets you buy crypto for roubles, calls it easy and simple to use, and adds an uppercase warning that it also pays by QR code in offline shops, so crypto can be spent like roubles. That is a recommendation with a referral link inside it, sitting in the middle of a list of lookup tools.

## One line per bot, and one claim about legality the table of contents backs up

Each entry gets a single line of character. Sherlock is a bot with a large number of methods and sources for analysis. Vektor is offered as a tool for gathering information and running reconnaissance. Enigma is described as gradually widening what it can search for. Telelog is a scanner and reconnaissance tool that works inside Telegram itself. Himera is the odd one out: its entry calls it the only fully legal tool for OSINT research, and that is a claim the reader has to accept or set aside on the entry's own authority. The table of contents does carry a fourth anchor, on a legal footnote and legal restrictions, so the document registers the question even where the list is casual about it.

## The same paragraph is printed twice, and it argues for cross-checking

The advice comes down to a single paragraph, and that paragraph appears twice: once before the list of bots and once immediately after it, word for word. It says the right bot depends on the task, the region and the format of the data you need, that no universal tool exists, and that it is more sensible to combine several services and compare what they return, which noticeably raises the accuracy of the search. The tips section then says much the same thing with a method attached: run several sources at once, look for intersections between the results, and refuse to draw a conclusion from a single answer.

## Eight claimed uses, from vetting a number to checking yourself

The longest section answers why anyone would use these, and its reason is speed: a bot aggregates records from many sources instead of you checking site after site by hand. From there the bullets move outward. Checking an unfamiliar contact, so you know who is messaging, calling or offering a deal. Spotting fraudsters from a phone number, an email address or a nickname. Finding a person from very little data. Vetting employees and partners for a business. Work for analysts, journalists and security specialists doing OSINT. Checking a seller or a buyer before money moves. Finding linked accounts, which points at another repository, poisk_po_socsetam_i_messengeram, for social networks and messengers. And a final bullet on checking yourself to see what is known about you, which is the last line of text in the document.

## One README, one JPG, no license and no releases

The repository itself is thin. The root holds README.md and a single image whose filename is the Russian title of the piece, so the page renders as a picture with text and nothing else. No license is identified for it, which matters if you intend to reuse any of the seven write-ups, and there are no GitHub releases, so there is no version to point at. The default branch is main, and the last push to it is dated September 28, 2026. The homepage setting points at a different repository in the same organisation, poiskovie_i_OSINT_instrumenti, so the link in the repository header does not lead to this list.

## Conclusion

This is a reading list, not a toolkit: use it when you want to see which Telegram bots one OSINT-focused organisation currently points at, and you plan to judge each one on its own terms. Do not take the list as an endorsement, a technical comparison, or a source of facts about a private person; the entries are one line each, one of them is dead, two of them are the same bot, and a section promoting a crypto wallet sits in the middle of it. Before acting on anything here, check the terms of the individual bot and the law where you are, read the sibling repository behind the entry that interests you instead of the summary line, and treat any result about a private individual as something you may have no lawful basis to hold.

## FAQ

### What is the Telegram bot called for looking up information about a person?

The README lists seven of them, Sherlock, Vektor, Enigma, Himera, Telelog, FunStat and UsersBox, each with a direct t.me link and its own repository. UsersBox is the exception: it has no link and is described as a closed bot that stopped working.

### How do you find a person through these Telegram bots?

The list says lookups run on a phone number, a Telegram nickname, an email address, a social profile or other identifiers, and the advice section says to use several bots at once and compare the answers instead of trusting a single one.

### Which bots can find a person from a photograph?

None of the entries here claims that. The seven bots are described as searching by phone number, Telegram nickname, email address, social profile and similar identifiers, and the table of contents points to a separate repository, poisk_po_socsetam_i_messengeram, for social networks and messengers.

## Sources

- [Official documentation](https://github.com/osint-and-search/poiskovie_i_OSINT_instrumenti)
- [Official README](https://github.com/osint-and-search/boti_dlya_poiska#readme)
- [Project repository](https://github.com/osint-and-search/boti_dlya_poiska)

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