More and more often SIC receives questions from internet users - how to check if Instagram account is trusted? What are the signs of fake account? Therefore, SIC has created advises and most common facts about fake accounts to help people avoid risks of sexual and emotional abuse as well as avoid becoming a victim of scammers who are pretending on social media to be successful businessmen, lonely militarists or usual people with family to involve internet users in their illegal activities. It is important that Internet users are cautious every time they receive a friendship or follow request from a stranger. One should thoroughly explore the account and only then decide of approving, declining or blocking the stranger. Sometimes it can be difficult to identify fake accounts because fraudsters are experienced in making “perfect accounts” later manipulating with people, threatening and finding their weak points to reach some benefits, mostly financial.