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Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2019 15:51:50 +0000<\/strong><\/p>\n

Instagram accounts will always be a popular target for scammers. You might not think it\u2019s a big deal if someone has their account swiped, but it\u2019s often the vanguard of many online businesses. A takeover, or a deletion, can be absolutely devastating<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Smart hacking crews are always in the background, waiting to see what they can get away with\u2014and it\u2019s not just the public-facing account at risk, but personal data behind the scenes, too<\/a>.<\/p>\n

To combat these attacks, quite a few security additions have been made to Instagram over the years. Now, with the introduction of the “Emails from Instagram” anti-phishing tool, one\u00a0<\/span>more inroad for scammers has been made significantly harder to bypass.<\/p>\n

The great anti-phishing divide<\/h3>\n

\u201cEmails from Instagram\u201d will make it much clearer<\/a> if a message is actually from the social media platform or a scammer. Once you receive the update, messages will be split between \u201cMails from Instagram\u201d and \u201cOther.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anything sent your way from Instagram will be in the former; everything else will be in the latter. Scammers pretending to be your social network of choice is a classic slice of social engineering<\/a>, and the anti-phishing tool will hopefully go a long way to shutting down Instagram-centric attacks of this nature.<\/p>\n

Instagram tricks of the trade<\/h3>\n

Whether locked down or not, there\u2019s a huge swathe of Instagram scams to steer clear of, and sadly the platform will never be rid of them. Here\u2019s some of the most common, sneaky, and downright clever attacks. Most, if not all of these, will be in circulation somewhere. I<\/span>t\u2019s up to us to give them as wide a berth as possible.<\/p>\n