# Guides

How to spot catfish, scams, fake accounts and red flags, with checks you can do yourself and where to get help.

- [How to Tell If Someone Is Catfishing You: 9 Signs](https://www.mirabu.app/blog/how-to-tell-if-someone-is-catfishing-you/): Nine warning signs, a five-minute check you can run on any profile, and what to do if the story falls apart.
- [How to Reverse Image Search a Person, Step by Step](https://www.mirabu.app/blog/how-to-reverse-image-search-a-person/): Step-by-step reverse image search with Google Lens, Bing and TinEye, how to read the results, and why no match doesn't prove a photo is real.
- [Romance Scam Warning Signs and How the Scam Works](https://www.mirabu.app/blog/romance-scam-warning-signs/): The stages of a romance scam, how crypto pig butchering and gift card requests work, and the steps to take if you've already sent money.
- [How to Spot Scam Texts and What to Do If You Clicked](https://www.mirabu.app/blog/how-to-spot-scam-texts/): The scam texts doing the rounds in the US, UK and Australia, the signs to look for, a safe way to check, and what to do if you already tapped the link.
- [How to Spot a Fake Account or Bot on Social Media](https://www.mirabu.app/blog/how-to-spot-fake-accounts-and-bots/): The giveaway signs of fake accounts and bots, what Instagram, X and Facebook now show about an account's history, and how to report one.
- [Breadcrumbing, Love-Bombing and Ghosting Explained](https://www.mirabu.app/blog/breadcrumbing-love-bombing-ghosting/): Plain definitions, the text patterns behind each one, how to tell manipulation from ordinary mixed signals, and what to do next.