That the Internet is a medium that so many people can access means that there are groups of people who want to take advantage of it to carry out scams . There are hundreds of thousands of scam networks that have already been uncovered that use means or services that use the Internet to generate their scams. From phishing, to text messages or even phone calls. Other platforms where many scams are now also taking place is in social networks , since these are very easy to spread and have millions of users. So much so that a new Instagram scam has been discovered.
This scam is that you can hire the services of a person to ban the account of the one you choose. All for a price of about 50 euros . In addition, these scammers can then obtain an extra financial amount to help those people who have removed the account themselves.
This seems like a technique many people would use against those they are envious of or just want to piss off. Therefore, if you suddenly see that your Instagram account has been blocked, it may be that you have been a victim of this type of scam.
How is this scam produced?
Therefore, on Instagram there are a number of people who are dedicated solely and exclusively to preventing many users from accessing their personal accounts.
Scammers are reported to have verified accounts that make their method effective.
His deception method works as follows: the scammer impersonated the person whose account he wanted to remove by putting his own name, profile picture and biography. Later, he denounced that the user was impersonating him and his account was taken away for identity theft.
Apparently, this method of removing accounts is 100% effective as long as a human being appears in the profile picture of the scammed person.
In addition, other users report that the reason that Instagram has given them when their account has been removed is that they have violated the company’s policy regarding self-harm and suicide , so it seems that the scammers have more resources.
Instagram must act now
One of the scammers who does this has declared that he has received huge amounts of money for doing these practices in less than 30 days.
There are even users who have stressed that the same person who made them lose their account is the same person who offers them the solution to recover it . Of course, paying a high economic amount.
Hopefully Instagram will take the appropriate measures to prevent these practices from continuing to happen. Users themselves can report those accounts that they believe are the ones who are carrying out the scams.
In the event that you have any of these problems with your account , remember that you can contact Instagram to solve your problems.