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The most interesting security related news from the week of April 17 – 23.

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“Log-out king” Instagram scammer gets accounts taken down, then charges to reinstate them

March 29, 2023 admin baas, ban-as-a-service, instagram scam, instascammer, news, obn, obn brandon, obnbrandon, takedown-for-hire

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Tags: OBN Brandon

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Tags: OBN

A fraudster going by OBN Brandon has been defrauding Instagram influencers and entertainment figures out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by taking down their accounts and then asking for money to get them back up again.

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How Instagram scammers talk users out of their accounts

May 6, 2022 admin 419, 419 scam, account takeover, instagram, instagram account takeover, instagram fraud, instagram scam, nigerian scam, scams

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 06 May 2022 10:37:34 +0000

You won’t believe what some account-takeover scammers say.

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Warning! Instagram Stories hides a scam in plain sight

April 29, 2022 admin instagram, instagram scam, instagram stories, scams

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:18:30 +0000

Scammers are taking advantage of an Instagram feature that cleans up after them.

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Beware of this bogus (and phishy) “Instagram Support” email

March 18, 2022 admin armorblox, fake instagram support, homograph attack, instagram phish, instagram scam, phishing, phishing scam, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 23:05:32 +0000

A fake “Instagram Support” email made its way through the spam filter implemented by one major life insurance company in New York.

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