![]() ![]() Ms Ling said she is aware of five others whose Instagram accounts were hacked in recent weeks. She added: "I'm sad that the memories posted on my account are gone and angry that the hackers are trying to scam my followers." She said scammers used it to private message her friends urging them to join an alleged giveaway. The third was an 18-year-old student, who wanted to be known only as Elizabeth. Ms Law and Ms Ling were among three women ST spoke to whose Instagram accounts were hacked and used by scammers in the past two weeks. This means they are aware these are scams and won't fall for them." "But some of my friends told me about the scam posts on my account. Ms Law said: "I was afraid that some of my followers on Instagram would fall for the scams, especially those who do not know me well enough to know I would not post such things. The hackers also urged her 1,000 followers to join a giveaway, claiming that they would win $1,000 if they could correctly identify the numbers shown in some photos posted. ![]() Similarly, screengrabs of bogus bank transactions were attached to the posts. Posing as her, the hackers wrote on her Instagram account that she had invested $1,200 and earned $22,000. ![]() When her account was hacked the first time, the 26-year-old administrative assistant managed to retrieve it as she was still logged in.īut this time, her password had been changed and she could not log in. For Ms Valencia Law, it felt like deja vu when she found out her Instagram account was hacked on March 26 - the second time in two months. ![]()
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