Instagram offers three elements scammers thrive on: scale, trust and plausible deniability. Threat actors can create or hijack accounts in volume. Once they do, they can start luring victims with ...

There are a slew of different Instagram scam accounts you may encounter while scrolling through the platform. Here are the most common, and how they operate: While they each have some distinctive red ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the past week, emails from “Instagram” keep bugging me about someone seeking to reset my password — but the problem is that ...

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, is reporting that it removed over two million accounts linked to organized scam operations in Southeast Asia and the Middle East in 2024.

UPDATE: Jan. 11, 2026, 2:04 p.m. EST We have updated this story, initially published on January 10, to include a statement from Instagram responding to concerns about password reset scams, saying that ...

Receiving a private message on social media from your favorite celebrity would undoubtedly be a dream come true for many. But here's what scammers are counting on: That excitement can cloud our ...

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For almost two years, Edgar Guzman has been getting calls from irate customers who responded to his ads on Instagram and Facebook META-0.09%decrease; red down pointing triangle. Or at least they ...

AS THE CEO of a small bank in Kansas, a former chairman of the Kansas Bankers Association and a former officer of the American Bankers Association, Shan Hanes knew all about the risks of online fraud.