So Many People Are Falling For This Sneaky Instagram Scam — Here’s What You Need To Know |
For the past week, emails from “Instagram” keep bugging me about someone seeking to reset my password — but the problem is that these messages aren’t actually from the social media giant at all.
I cover scams for a living, but I was unsettled by how legitimate the emails appear. “We got a request to reset your Instagram password,” the email reads using a sender name that uses the same font, logos and language that I would receive with an official Instagram request. The sender then asks me to click a button to reset my password, or to click a link if I am not the person requesting a password reset.
I didn’t click the unsolicited links, but I’m not alone with being confronted by this convincing ruse. There is now a Reddit thread on this topic with hundreds of comments sharing similar stories.
This past weekend, Instagram released a statement, confirming that there was an “issue that let an external party request password reset emails........