{"id":10427,"date":"2023-06-16T13:37:28","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T11:37:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/16\/instagram-scam-i-spent-1200-on-clothes-for-my-son-that-never-arrived\/"},"modified":"2023-06-16T13:37:28","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T11:37:28","slug":"instagram-scam-i-spent-1200-on-clothes-for-my-son-that-never-arrived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/16\/instagram-scam-i-spent-1200-on-clothes-for-my-son-that-never-arrived\/","title":{"rendered":"Instagram scam: \u2018I spent \u00a31,200 on clothes for my son that never arrived\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guardian investigation reveals the human stories behind the scams on Meta\u2019s social media platforms<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jun\/16\/victims-speak-out-over-fraud-on-instagram-facebook-and-whatsapp\">Victims speak out over \u2018tsunami\u2019 of fraud on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jun\/16\/crypto-scam-advertised-on-facebook-cost-victim-her-life-savings\">Mental anguish\u2019: how a crypto scam advertised on Facebook cost victim her life savings<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jun\/16\/victim-of-hi-mum-on-whatsapp-lost-1600\">\u2018I felt stupid and embarrassed\u2019: victim of \u2018Hi Mum\u2019 fraud on WhatsApp lost \u00a31,600<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mel was duped by an Instagram scam in April this year, spending \u00a31,200 on clothes that never arrived after seeing a fraudulent advert, served up by an algorithm after she had searched for suits online.<\/p>\n<p>While scrolling through the photo-sharing app, which she had recently signed up for in order to view her children\u2019s posts, she saw an advert for a closing down sale at Charles Tyrwhitt.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jun\/16\/instagram-scam-i-spent-1200-on-clothes-for-my-son-that-never-arrived\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0ab242b32028660b8034f119b6ab8bf154118e02\/1_0_4998_3000\/master\/4998.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=a6c741edbedab46ce34e049fc86ff4b7\" title=\"Instagram scam: \u2018I spent \u00a31,200 on clothes for my son that never arrived\u2019\" \/>Guardian investigation reveals the human stories behind the scams on Meta\u2019s social media platforms<\/p>\n<p>Victims speak out over \u2018tsunami\u2019 of fraud on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp<br \/>\nMental anguish\u2019: how a crypto scam advertised on Facebook cost victim her life savings<br \/>\n\u2018I felt stupid and embarrassed\u2019: victim of \u2018Hi Mum\u2019 fraud on WhatsApp lost \u00a31,600<\/p>\n<p>Mel was duped by an Instagram scam in April this year, spending \u00a31,200 on clothes that never arrived after seeing a fraudulent advert, served up by an algorithm after she had searched for suits online.<br \/>\nWhile scrolling through the photo-sharing app, which she had recently signed up for in order to view her children\u2019s posts, she saw an advert for a closing down sale at Charles Tyrwhitt. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guardian investigation reveals the human stories behind the scams on Meta\u2019s social media platforms Victims speak out over \u2018tsunami\u2019 of fraud on Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp Mental anguish\u2019: how a crypto scam advertised on Facebook cost victim her life savings \u2018I felt stupid and embarrassed\u2019: victim of \u2018Hi Mum\u2019 fraud on WhatsApp lost \u00a31,600 Mel &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/16\/instagram-scam-i-spent-1200-on-clothes-for-my-son-that-never-arrived\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Instagram scam: \u2018I spent \u00a31,200 on clothes for my son that never arrived\u2019<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10427"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}