INSTAGRAM users are being warned to avoid a scam that’s been sweeping across the platform for several months.
The latest blatant attempt by cybercriminals is telling people they’ve won an iPhone.
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Users are being randomly tagged in flashy posts claiming they’ve got lucky.
But in reality, it’s just another dodgy scam.
Bad actors are clearly piggybacking on the rise in competitions and giveaways that happen on Instagram.
The messages say something along the lines of: “Congratulations! You’ve won an iPhone 13.”
More worrying is the bogus link that perpetrators direct people to in order to claim their prize.
Opening these sites risk giving away sensitive personal data – and certainly no iPhone 13 to show for it.
As ever, if something looks too good to be true, it probably isn’t.
Especially if you’ve been tagged in something you didn’t even enter, much like these iPhone prize posts.
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Users have taken to Twitter to complain about the problem.
“Can instagram not block them already?,” One said.
“They all use the same spammy caption.”
Another joked: “If I win one more free iPhone on Instagram I can open a whole damn apple store.”
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