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Instagram Users Targeted in Mega Million Lottery Scam

09
Apr
2014

A lottery scam campaign has been making the rounds on Instagram. The scam accounts post messages claiming that they won tens of millions of dollars in a Mega Million Lottery and they want to give part of it to followers.

Symantec has been monitoring the scammy posts. The fraudsters create Instagram accounts that impersonate lottery winners in the United States and the United Kingdom. The following types of messages are being posted on the phony accounts:

$218,666,667 Meg…

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