If someone says you, a fruit wielding spammer is spamming Instagram, don’t just ignore it. Because, it is true. Users are reporting to the site saying that they are receiving password reset prompts frequently. Matt Navarra, is one of the active users of Instagram. And, even she reported the same. Resources says that, they are a large wave of spammers who are promoting fruit diets, by taking over the account of users and posting fruit images and redirecting profile to specific URL.
Earlier today a small portion of our users experienced a spam incident where unwanted photos were posted from their accounts. Our security and spam team quickly took actions to secure the accounts involved, and the posted photos are being deleted.
-As reported by an Instagram Spokesperson