Instascammer gets accounts taken down, then charges to reinstate them

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https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2023/03/log-out-king-instagram-scammer-gets-accounts-taken-down-then-charges-to-reinstate-them

There is no mention of member "OBN Brandon" using scripts or bots, but ProPublica says that he "touts software he uses to file false reports that allege an account violated Meta's community guidelines, triggering a takedown." Impersonation is part of his repertoire, too. Sometimes, OBN orchestrates a setup by hacking an account himself to post content deemed inappropriate in Instagram's terms of service (ToS) and then reports the account. Like the Instascammers featured in Motherboard's story, OBN also offers to reactivate accounts in tandem with his takedown service. He charges a fee as high as $5,000 (depending on follower count) to get an account back. OBN calls himself the "log-out king," boasting of having "deleted multiple celebrities + influencers on Meta & Instagram.

"Log-out king" Instagram scammer gets accounts taken down, then charges to reinstate them

A fraudster going by "OBN Brandon" has been defrauding Instagram influencers and entertainment figures out of hundreds of thousands of dollars by taking down their accounts and then asking for money to get them back up again.

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