Urgent Warning: Fake Financial Assistance Scam on Instagram

Created by James Wong, Modified on Fri, 16 Aug at 5:04 PM by James Wong

There has been a scam that is ongoing on Instagram where users are being approached by strangers that offer them financial help. But in order to do so, they would need to ‘verify’ their PayPal account by purchasing gift cards. Do be informed that this is fake news. PayPal does not require any form of verification through the purchase of gift cards. Below is a sample of an account that has been scamming users. If you see accounts of a similar name or nature, please report them or ignore them.

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