Fake IG official fishing message! "Account is complained of violating copyright and community rules", filling out the objection form may lead to account theft and extortion of high ransom
Recently, there have been frequent incidents of IG theft by artists, internet celebrities and brand officials. Many accounts have been stolen overnight. Zhu Zhu, a member of the Fubon cheerleader team Fubon Angels, was even threatened to exchange 500 US dollars for the account, otherwise he would be hijacked. Deleted IG account that has been in operation for a long time
And we just happened to find that another artist received a small box message from the "fake" IG official, trying to defraud the IG account password by phishing. If you also receive such a message, please be sure, don't pay attention, don't enter your Personal or login information
At the end of the article, we will also teach you how to improve the security of your IG account, and quickly back up your account, so that you will no longer be afraid of missing your long-running data.
Fake IG official private message - "Your account is being complained about"
Influencers and artists have recently received a private message that seems to be from the official Instagram account in the small box. The content is mainly alleging that the user has been complained of violating the IG copyright and community rules, and the account will be deleted.
Instagram | Copyright Infringement
Hello dear user, We have received a complaint that you are violating Instagram copyright and our Community Standards. Our team has reviewed and approved the complaint.
Rules you violated:
・Copyright publications ・Violation of community rules
Copyright is very important to us; if there is no objection within 24 hours, your account will be deleted! If you think this is a mistake, please file an application. The appeal will be reviewed by our manager and reported back to you.
At the end of this message there is a URL for the Objection Form : hxxp[:]//centerhelpconfirm[.]cf
If you do click on and fill out this objection form, then your account is really starting to be at risk
Fake accounts that impersonate IG
We found that this message came from a fake official Instagram account (pictured left), although the header of this account seems to be the Instagram brand symbol, but there is no officially certified blue tick , and the account name "busineshelpconttral" also contains many obvious The English spelling error of . In addition, although this account is not public , it is also found through the above information that this account has not posted any posts at all. These are all obvious characteristics of fake accounts.
The picture on the right is another account "elitefromhelpteam" that we found that tried to impersonate IG. In addition to the above features, this account also has the same account. Both accounts directly state in the self-referral field that if there is any major notification, they will be notified by private message. Attempt to gain trust from those who have already received the message
Remind everyone, don't be fooled by the large number of fans on these accounts! The number of these fans may be people who have been deceived before, or the fraudulent groups are pouring water on each other, or they are operated by others, and they have a large number of fans and then sell them to the accounts of the fraudulent groups. many practical cases
The "objection form" is actually a phishing website
If you receive the fake IG private message, and click the objection form at the end of the message as instructed, you will be taken to a phishing website with a big " Copyright Violation " written on the first page and threaten users with The account will be deleted within 24 hours. If there is any objection, please follow the steps in the form.
This website is very beautifully done, and the Meta tag below even has high-definition animations.
There is no doubt that this website is actually trying to defraud the user's login account password . Although filling in the user name seems reasonable at the beginning, the next step is to ask you to enter your own password (I have said many times, do not enter it arbitrarily password!)
And there is also a big loophole in English grammar. At the end of the article, "I refuse to delete my account" turned out to be a lowercase "i". This English class should go back and revisit it.
If you have entered all here, then the scam group will have a way to log in to your Instagram. Here is the picture of the scam group cheering.
What happens when you get caught?
- Instagram account is stolen: After this phishing, there is no doubt that the fraudulent group will have your IG login account and password. If you have not set up two-factor authentication, the fraudulent group will be able to directly log in to your IG account, or even change your IG account. password, so that you can no longer log in, what is even more frightening is that he may use your account to post fraudulent posts or phishing links to others, and let your identity take the blame
- Other accounts are also stolen: If you are used to a set of accounts and passwords, you should be more careful. Although you encounter IG phishing, the fraudulent groups will also use this set of accounts and passwords to try to log in to other platforms, and you will be stolen. may be more than just Instagram
- Extortion and ransom: There have been many celebrities and celebrities with stolen accounts who have been extorted high ransoms. The unscrupulous people who stole their accounts demanded a ransom of more than 10,000 yuan, otherwise their long-running accounts will be deleted directly.
How to protect your IG account
1. Enable Two-Factor Verification
Enabling two-factor authentication will make it more troublesome to log in, but every time you log in on a new device, you will be asked to enter a verification code, which will greatly improve your account security. After all, it may be very simple for fraudsters to obtain your account password , but it will be very difficult to get the dynamic verification code that your mobile phone is currently receiving at the same time
On IG you can choose to use another verification app (such as Google Authenticator), WhatsApp or backup verification code as your two-factor verification
When you set up two-factor authentication, also check the " Trusted Devices " at the bottom! The account here has been recognized as a safe device by IG, so it will not require two-factor authentication again, and there is no need to log in again and again, so it is recommended that you come in and confirm whether the devices here belong to you. Yes, it will show here Device model, last login time and city, if there is a device that does not appear to be yours, or a device you have transferred to others, it is recommended to remove it
2. Use fraud prevention experts to find phishing websites
It is recommended that you do not rush to click on any uncertain link when you see it. It may be a phishing website that looks like the official website, or it may be a download link with a malicious program.
It is best to copy the suspicious link and pass it to the anti-fraud expert . We will immediately help you identify whether this website has been marked as a dangerous link. If so, don't click on it.
3. IG backs up all data
If you have been running an IG for a long time, and there are bits and pieces of your life in it, as well as the interaction process between fans and you, then of course you don’t want to disappear suddenly due to any factors!
You can get into the habit of backing up your IG data every once in a while. You can save all your current IG data with just a few buttons, including posts, chat records, search records, friend lists, profile information, likes and comments…
You only need to click on the avatar in the web version of IG to find " Settings ", and click " Privacy Settings and Account Security " in the left column
Then slide down the page to find "Data Download". After confirming the email and file format you want to receive the data file, you can quietly wait for the data to be delivered.
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