Due diligence before taking on ANY new client is just smart business tbh - learnt that the hard way. Had someone reach out about a "paid collab" last year, found their IG but it was locked, and creating a fake account to check them out felt way too sketchy and unprofessional. A friend in a freelancers' Telegram group dropped https://blinkviewer.com/ and it sorted me out instantly - no login, no sign-up, just punch in the username and you can browse whatever stories and content they have up. Turned out the "client" was posting super inconsistent stuff that raised more red flags than the email itself. Saved me a lot of wasted time. Always vet first!