Instagram users targeted with false copyright violation scam – 13abc

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – Hackers are targeting Instagram users through email in a new scam according to the Better Business Bureau, or BBB, and it is a way for them to steal passwords and email log-ins.According to the BBB, Instagram is the fourth largest social media platform in the world, and the scam it is currently seeing nationwide looks rather convincing.“You get this scary message from Instagram about how there’s concern that you’re violating copyright laws, and of course when you’re putting images and photos online you always worry about that,” said BBB President Richard Eppstein.Eppstein says this email people are receiving threatens account suspension if action is not taken immediatey.“It wants to do two things. It wants to get your Instagram information and it also wants to get your email information, and that’s unusual. We’ve never seen that before,” added Eppstein.Many of us wonder why scammers want this stuff, though.“The information they acquire about you, they can then list on the dark net and sell all over the place. Now they have your email address, sometimes they ask for your password, and they can literally do almost anything with that information,” said Eppstein.According to Eppstein, this is a national…
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