# I just received 1,277 of emails from 'Instagram" BEWARE! **URL:** \ **Category:** Social Media News\ **Created:** [April 30, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/i-just-received-1-277-of-emails-from-instagram-beware/13352 "2017-04-30T16:34:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BrandonBerner](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/brandonberner/32/9354_2.png) [@BrandonBerner](https://mpsocial.com/u/BrandonBerner)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/i-just-received-1-277-of-emails-from-instagram-beware/13352/1 "2017-04-30T16:34:08Z")
#WARNING There seems to be a high scale email scam going on so be careful. I just received this email on 1,277 different emails assigned to my accounts. This is NOT Instagram, so do not take the survey or reply to this email. ![](https://mpsocial.com/uploads/default/original/2X/9/9a64dfabd567e342df1a63ec3485bcd9450fd4c5.png) ---
**Author:** ![Blacklistede](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/blacklistede/32/7715_2.png) [@Blacklistede](https://mpsocial.com/u/Blacklistede)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:38pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/i-just-received-1-277-of-emails-from-instagram-beware/13352/2 "2017-04-30T16:38:15Z")
Just curious, were those accounts business accounts? And if not, how did they get your email address? ---
**Author:** ![pow](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/pow/32/30025_2.png) [@pow](https://mpsocial.com/u/pow)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/i-just-received-1-277-of-emails-from-instagram-beware/13352/3 "2017-04-30T16:40:38Z")
If you got those e-mails, you published your e-mail addresses somewhere, right? ---
**Author:** ![BrandonBerner](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/brandonberner/32/9354_2.png) [@BrandonBerner](https://mpsocial.com/u/BrandonBerner)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/i-just-received-1-277-of-emails-from-instagram-beware/13352/4 "2017-04-30T16:41:14Z")
> [@Blacklistede](#): > > Just curious, were those accounts business accounts? And if not, how did they get your email address? They were NOT business accounts. I am not sure how they managed to get my email addresses. It was a mixture of accounts from different providers, ones I have created, and ones I have used my own email domains on. Its quite a wide mix, which makes me think there is a way to get email addresses from non-business accounts. ---
**Author:** ![Blacklistede](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/blacklistede/32/7715_2.png) [@Blacklistede](https://mpsocial.com/u/Blacklistede)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:44pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/i-just-received-1-277-of-emails-from-instagram-beware/13352/5 "2017-04-30T16:44:58Z")
Let’s see if more people got those emails. If there is a way to get the mails from IG accounts, it’s quite a big exploit. You would be able to get millions of more or less targeted emails, that’s a lot of money. ---
**Author:** ![lll](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/lll/32/8118_2.png) [@lll](https://mpsocial.com/u/lll)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:45pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/i-just-received-1-277-of-emails-from-instagram-beware/13352/6 "2017-04-30T16:45:47Z")
it looks like there’s a ton of scams coming from that domain - via different sub domains [https://www.facebook.com/business/help/community/question/?id=10208552244423702](https://www.facebook.com/business/help/community/question/?id=10208552244423702) ---
**Author:** ![ian](https://mpsocial.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@ian](https://mpsocial.com/u/ian)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/i-just-received-1-277-of-emails-from-instagram-beware/13352/7 "2017-04-30T16:48:38Z")
Funny, I just got an email from this guy who goes by Brenden Barnur, he said he was offering Instagram services and all I had to do was PayPal him 1000 rupees by midnight or all of my accounts would be deleted. ![](https://mpsocial.com/uploads/default/original/2X/4/47080668ec6783be7114eb9ea527c9c314b710f0.gif) On a serious note, that’s not cool. I’ll keep my eyes peeled for spam emails, but I’m more curious as to how they got so many of your account addresses… ---
**Author:** ![BrandonBerner](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/brandonberner/32/9354_2.png) [@BrandonBerner](https://mpsocial.com/u/BrandonBerner)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:48pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/i-just-received-1-277-of-emails-from-instagram-beware/13352/8 "2017-04-30T16:48:46Z")
> [@Blacklistede](#): > > Let’s see if more people got those emails. > > If there is a way to get the mails from IG accounts, it’s quite a big exploit. You would be able to get millions of more or less targeted emails, that’s a lot of money. Sounds good. Yea I would love to know this exploit for my own…“ethical” reasons 😃 > [@lll](#): > > it looks like there’s a ton of scams coming from that domain - via different sub domains Thanks for taking a look into the domain @lll looks like they have been at it for a while. ---
**Author:** ![BrandonBerner](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/brandonberner/32/9354_2.png) [@BrandonBerner](https://mpsocial.com/u/BrandonBerner)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:53pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/i-just-received-1-277-of-emails-from-instagram-beware/13352/9 "2017-04-30T16:53:10Z")
> [@ian](#): > > Funny, I just got an email from this guy who goes by Brenden Barnur, he said he was offering Instagram services and all I had to do was PayPal him $1000 rupees by midnight or all of my accounts would be deleted. Dont trust that scammer. The dead giveaway was the $1000 rupees. If the real Brandon Berner would do this, it would be more like $1000 USD/account on a recurring basis 😃 > [@ian](#): > > On a serious note, that’s not cool. I’ll keep my eyes peeled for spam emails, but I’m more curious as to how they got so many of your account addresses… Awesome! Yea, I was shocked to see I received so many emails. Normally you just get it on 1 account or so. This was not the case, and now I am jealous as to how the found 1277 of my emails. ---
**Author:** ![ian](https://mpsocial.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@ian](https://mpsocial.com/u/ian)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:54pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/i-just-received-1-277-of-emails-from-instagram-beware/13352/10 "2017-04-30T16:54:28Z")
Hahahaha! And yeah, imagine if getting emails was that easy, so many list building ideas come to mind… ---
**Author:** ![lll](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/lll/32/8118_2.png) [@lll](https://mpsocial.com/u/lll)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:55pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/i-just-received-1-277-of-emails-from-instagram-beware/13352/11 "2017-04-30T16:55:56Z")
> [@ian](#): > > I’ll keep my eyes peeled ![](https://mpsocial.com/uploads/default/original/2X/5/5bbae213b107869faa19bf9c9102631728124113.jpg) Sorry…just had to… 🙇‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![ian](https://mpsocial.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/i/bb73d2/32.png) [@ian](https://mpsocial.com/u/ian)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/i-just-received-1-277-of-emails-from-instagram-beware/13352/12 "2017-04-30T16:56:33Z")
At least you didn’t post any banana hammocks… 😂 ---
**Author:** ![Blacklistede](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/blacklistede/32/7715_2.png) [@Blacklistede](https://mpsocial.com/u/Blacklistede)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/i-just-received-1-277-of-emails-from-instagram-beware/13352/13 "2017-04-30T16:58:50Z")
[https://www.qualtrics.com/](https://www.qualtrics.com/) seems like a legit survey site. I just went to the url from your email and did the survey and it only asked for user experience related things. I did expect like login informations or some kind of advertising, but nothing. I wonder why they did that and when they aren’t Instagram. It seems pretty useless info to me if you don’t work at Instagram. ---
**Author:** ![lll](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/lll/32/8118_2.png) [@lll](https://mpsocial.com/u/lll)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 5:01pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/i-just-received-1-277-of-emails-from-instagram-beware/13352/14 "2017-04-30T17:01:42Z")
> [@BrandonBerner](#): > > I just received this email on 1,277 different emails assigned to my accounts. My two cents on this though… I would also compare this number to the total number of emails that you manage. If they managed to cover most of your emails then I would be seriously concerned about a breech on your end somewhere. If, however, the number is a in the 30-40% or similar range, then there’s room for the possibility that these emails were obtained from another source. ---
**Author:** ![BrandonBerner](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/brandonberner/32/9354_2.png) [@BrandonBerner](https://mpsocial.com/u/BrandonBerner)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/i-just-received-1-277-of-emails-from-instagram-beware/13352/15 "2017-04-30T17:08:03Z")
> [@lll](#): > > I would also compare this number to the total number of emails that you manage. If they managed to cover most of your emails then I would be seriously concerned about a breech on your end somewhere. I prefer not to disclose the total amount of email accounts I have assigned to social media, however I can tell you that I only received emails on a small percentage. From what I can see, it does not look like there was a breech on my end, although I am still looking into it. Time will also tell. If I receive more emails from the majority of my other accounts (and other members here dont), then there is clearly a breach on my end. ---
**Author:** ![lll](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/lll/32/8118_2.png) [@lll](https://mpsocial.com/u/lll)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/i-just-received-1-277-of-emails-from-instagram-beware/13352/16 "2017-04-30T17:09:46Z")
I actually didn’t want you to disclose anything not even a percentage, that was just for you. 😁 But anyways, that’s good news. ---
**Author:** ![lll](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/lll/32/8118_2.png) [@lll](https://mpsocial.com/u/lll)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2017, 5:23pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/i-just-received-1-277-of-emails-from-instagram-beware/13352/17 "2017-04-30T17:23:43Z")
Yeah and by the way, HUGE thanks for posting this 👍🙇‍♂️ That kind of slipped out of my previous replies. ---
**Author:** ![Neozin](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/neozin/32/9381_2.png) [@Neozin](https://mpsocial.com/u/Neozin)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/i-just-received-1-277-of-emails-from-instagram-beware/13352/18 "2017-05-02T14:54:46Z")
Thanks for the heads up! ---
**Author:** ![wortime](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/wortime/32/30775_2.png) [@wortime](https://mpsocial.com/u/wortime)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 2:58pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/i-just-received-1-277-of-emails-from-instagram-beware/13352/19 "2017-05-02T14:58:14Z")
There is a way to scrape e-mails from accounts. Seen’t it on Reddit a few months back. ---
**Author:** ![Blacklistede](https://mpsocial.com/user_avatar/mpsocial.com/blacklistede/32/7715_2.png) [@Blacklistede](https://mpsocial.com/u/Blacklistede)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://mpsocial.com/t/i-just-received-1-277-of-emails-from-instagram-beware/13352/20 "2017-05-02T18:59:19Z")
Do you mean this? [https://www.reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/5oy3wj/found\_a\_way\_to\_scrape\_emails\_and\_urls\_from/](https://www.reddit.com/r/SEO/comments/5oy3wj/found_a_way_to_scrape_emails_and_urls_from/) That’s only getting emails from the BIO, which is nothing new. If you could do it for every profile, it would be a massive exploit so I don’t think thats possible/public. [Next page](https://mpsocial.com/t/i-just-received-1-277-of-emails-from-instagram-beware/13352.md?page=2)