Instascam: Inside The Murky World Of Instagram Scammers

Nestled beneath adorable cat photos and pictures of sunsets, is the murky world of Instagram. An Instagram where scammers operate trying to get your money.

I created an Instagram account. All of a sudden, lots of scammers started following me. Over 3,5000 of them. They all messaged me to try to scam me. I replied back to all of them. Every single one. This book is about the very silly conversations I’ve had with scammers over the last three years. You’ll read about marriage proposals, threesomes with dogs, kidnapping, the FBI investigating Keanu Reeves, a custody battle over Billie Piper and much more.

However, there’s also a serious side. In 2020, £9.3 billion was lost due to online scamming. You’ll learn about the cons that scammers use on Instagram and what you can do to make sure your online accounts don’t get hacked.

The book also has interviews from scammers in Nigeria talking about why they do what they do and the position they are in. There’s also a look at Instagram too, focussing on what they’re doing to help protect their users from scammers on their platform.

If you think Instagram is just sunshine and rainbows (with filters), think again.

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