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Hope For Amazonia Instagram Scam

Scammers have created fake Instagram donation pages called "Hope For Amazonia," to take advantage of their potential victims. The fake pages are used to trick potential victims into thinking they are donating their money to help fight the wild fires that are destroying the Amazon rainforest. But, the money will only go the scammers who have created the fake pages.

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Sample from One of the "Hope For Amazonia" Instagram Pages

@hopeforamazonia)

"FACT: the wildfires, and growing RAPIDLY! The worlds largest and most diverse rainforest CANNOT go unnoticed like this. ... DISCLAIMER!: We are donating to this specific cause nonetheless of the shares it gets, the sharing ...

Online users who want to help the Amazon rainforest, can donate to one of the following charities:

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