Instagram offers three elements scammers thrive on: scale, trust and plausible deniability. Threat actors can create or hijack accounts in volume. Once they do, they can start luring victims with ...

A large number of Instagram users have received emails telling them to reset their passwords, prompting confusion and concern ...

━CHAPTERS━ 00:00 Verification Is A Scam 02:07 Instagram Verification 05:54 Scentbird Ad 07:24 Instagram Scammer 11:21 Twitter Verification & Twitter Blue 15:35 Twitch Partnership Check 17:00 Honorable ...

UPDATE: Jan. 11, 2026, 2:04 p.m. EST We have updated this story, initially published on January 10, to include a statement from Instagram responding to concerns about password reset scams, saying that ...

Hackers are counting on users to panic and click the “Reset Password” button or “let us know” link without thinking about these scam emails.

The surge in social media-enabled scamming has led to authorities calling on the companies operating them to step up their ...