And because big tech companies’ customer support is lean, recovering my account became a huge ordeal. These methods are designed to trick people out of money or personal information. Now more than ever, hackers are going after thought leaders and their followers with bogus updates, “blue badge” opportunities, phishing emails, giveaways, and collaboration opportunities. Scams on Instagram Impacting the Wellness World The importance and popularity of the health and wellness sphere makes it especially attractive to fraud. And, this episode highlights a much broader and darker trend of Instascams and manipulation running amok online and in social media. I’m grateful I could regain control of my account, but it left its scars. After 18 days of struggling, doing everything I could to recover my account, I finally got it back. I was locked out of my IG account for 18 days, scammers tormented me and damaged my credibility.
