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Instagram fails to protect against a $60 ban-whomever-you-want scam
Aug 6, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
There’s a new, highly elaborate, and even well-paid scam going around on Instagram. Some users are reportedly taking advantage of Instagram’s anti-impersonation, suicide, and self-harm…
New Instagram scam claims to have edited your photos “for hours”
Jul 29, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Instagram users are reporting a new scam on the app. Reportedly, they have been getting messages from random Instagram accounts claiming to have edited their…
Falling for this scam will cost you $14 but there is a deeper lesson
Jul 19, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
We’ve all seen or been involved in different kinds of scams. Reddit user snarko7 draws our attention to a collaboration offer targeted at photographers that…
PSA: Beware of This Highly Believable Instagram Email Scam
Jul 1, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
While checking my emails this morning, I saw an email from Instagram telling me they’re sorry to hear I was having trouble logging in. The…
This couple gets empty boxes instead of a $7,000 Sony A1 camera they ordered
May 27, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
A couple of photographers from Alamosa, Colorado recently bought the most expensive empty boxes ever. The couple ordered a brand new Sony Alpha A1 from…
This guy orders a $1300 DJI FPV drone, gets a box with a brick instead
Mar 18, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
A man recently ordered a DJI FPV drone to be delivered to his home. This wouldn’t be anything unusual if, instead of the drone, he…
Don’t Fall for the StarScope Monocular “Telescope” Smartphone Lens Scam
Mar 13, 2021
John Aldred
This sort of thing seems to pop up quite regularly. Optics that defy the laws of physics that you can attach to your phone to…
The X-Tra battery Kickstarter campaign might have been a scam
Feb 10, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
In November last year, we shared a Kickstarter campaign for a battery many of us would found useful. The X-Tra battery offered longer shooting time…
Photographers, don’t get taken by this elaborate photo shoot scam
Feb 10, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
If only people were creative in creating art as they are in coming up with scams. Photographer Jay P Morgan recently became a target of…
Photographers, beware of this online scam when selling your gear
Jan 26, 2021
Dunja Đuđić Kalinin
Along with online shopping getting more popular than ever, it seems that online scammers are also getting more widespread. Photographer Scott Kelby nearly had his…