Scammers are Tricking Instagram Into Banning Influencers

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By EditorDavidApr 1, 2023, 4:34 pm237 pts
ProPublica looks at "a booming underground community of Instagram scammers and hackers who shut down profiles on the social network and then demand payment to reactivate them." While they also target TikTok and other platforms, takedown-for-hire scammers like OBN are proliferating on Instagram, exploiting the…

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