I’m about to buy an Instagram account from a well known portal, however I’m a bit afraid to be scammed since this is my first time.

I would like to build a master due diligence checklist to help myself and others in my situation.

The points I have so far:

1. Payment for the account: needs to be Escrow

2. Check Engagement: at least 2%

3. Check if followers are ****: I use IGaudit

4. Check if the account has been shadow banned by IG

5. Message the current owner on IG and get a reply to make sure he’s the actual owner of the account

6. Ask the current owner to create a post / story and check engagement to make sure this is real

7. Check if the handle/name and best performing content infringes anyone’s copyright. For example don’t buy a Disney fan account

8. Check if the content is legal. For example don’t buy an account with before/after pictures of medical procedures if that is illegal in your country

9. Find out if the account is having its original creation email. This can be found from the account settings, privacy, account data, at the former emails section.

Can you please add anything I might have missed? I will then update the list in the main thread.

Thanks