Instagram has long been the social network where scams abound. One of the most notorious cases has been the fake draw for an iPhone 13 in which practically every day Instagram users woke up with a notification being tagged in a publication that ensured that they had won one. Fake accounts proliferate when a profile of a brand or individual launches a giveaway. If you participate, as if by magic, you start following fake accounts that impersonate your identity and try to get hold of your personal data. In Movistar they have already been seen in this situation several times, and that is why they warn that there are profiles that are supplanting the identity of the operator in the social network.
Instagram has become one of the most popular social networks. Many of us have an account on it and occasionally participate in one of the sweepstakes that abound on this social network. Every time we participate in one we must be alert, since there are numerous false accounts that arise as a result of them. These accounts try to contact us through a private message making us believe that we have won the draw and they usually ask for personal and/or bank details to receive the prize. It is nothing more than a dangerous scam. In some cases they can even steal your own account.
This is the scam that supplants the identity of Movistar
The teleco alerts that you may have recently received requests to follow unreliable Movistar accounts . As we have already mentioned, when the brand launches a giveaway is when the scammers begin to create fake accounts with names very similar to the official account in order to impersonate the identity.
These accounts begin to follow users and contact them through a private message in which they invite them to click on a link that will lead us to provide our personal data. Here is an example of the type of accounts we are talking about.
Accounts that impersonate Movistar’s identity on Instagram
What to do when spotting a fake account
If you are the winner of any of the draws that the company carries out on Instagram, they will be the ones who send you a direct message from the movistar_es account. One of the indicators that show that it is the official account is the blue check , which indicates that the account is verified.
If a fake account starts following you, follow these recommendations:
- Do not accept friend requests from accounts that resemble the images shown above.
- Do not respond to private messages that may be sent to you.
- Remove the account from your follower list.
In all cases, it is highly recommended that you report the fake account. From the tracking notification itself, if you click on the three points, the option to report will appear. You will have to select the option “Impersonates a person” and “A company or organization”. Once you submit it, you will receive a notification that the account has been reported anonymously.
Report if you are followed by a fake account
In the case of having been the victim of a fraudulent account on Instagram, immediately cancel your credit or debit card and inform your bank, in addition to reporting it to official bodies and modifying the PIN to access bank accounts. On the other hand, the Movistar Secure Connection service can help you against this type of fraud and malware in general that circulate on the Internet.