Online Threat Alerts (OTA) - Alerting you to scams and frauds.
If you get the DM or Direct Message "This took me about a few hours to make, hope you like it!", do not click the link in it! The scam message has a link in it that goes to a phishing website that asks for your Instagram/Facebook username and password. If you submit the requested information, the website will use a bot or robot to log into your account. Once the bot has signed into your account, it will DM the same message to everyone on your contacts.
If you were tricked by the "This Took Me About a Few Hours To Make" scam, please change your Instagram/Facebook account password. This will stop the bots from sending the message to your contacts. It will also help stop the cybercriminals behind the scam from gaining access to your account and using it fraudulently or maliciously.
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I clicked on it and then it said something like "be careful", im pretty sure it was instagram making sure I was sure I wanted to go to the link. Am I safe for now? I changed my password but I wanna know if that was actually the scams website or not. sry if this was confusing to read
Mr Thomas janks phone number is 5013050243 and the phone number ho send the message is 17176450817
If I changed my password almost right after (in less than half an hour) do I have guaranteed that they can’t use my account? Thank you
Changing your password should be good enough.
What can I do if I already clicked on it?
What happens when your hacked by that
I got one of these messages from someone I follow. Nothing has happened yet but I’m worried. What should I do?
Change your password. Should stop any problems
change your password regardless!!!!! use a website like lastpass.com to generate a strong password. be careful out there