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A Scammer Tricked #Instagram Into Banning Influencers With Millions of Followers. Then He Made Them Pay to Recover Their Accounts.
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The story of how #OBN has manipulated #Meta ’s systems is a cautionary tale for social media platforms. While the company is often criticized for being slow to take down misleading or offensive material, OBN was able to make a lucrative living by finding the pressure points that prompt Meta to act quickly based on false reports.
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https://www.propublica.org/article/instagram-fraudster-ban-influencer-accounts
A Scammer Who Tricks Instagram Into Banning Influencers Has Never Been Identified. We May Have Found Him.
OBN, a mysterious fraudster, says he made hundreds of thousands of dollars by exploiting Instagram’s security gaps. He’s eluded Meta and law enforcement, but we followed his trail to Las Vegas.