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Weird, someone is mimicking my mother-in-law on Instagram.

Posted by Volnelk Feb 21 '21, 08:48

They created a new account, adding a letter to her name, copied her profile picture and then copied 9 of her posts.

Then they reached out to me via DM and just tried to chat ‘how is everything with the family?’

I texted her (how we usually communicate) and asked if she knew what was going on and she had no idea.

Very strange.

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That is odd. Say hello to your mother-in-law for me. -- nm - Spahn Feb 21, 12:16
That would freak me out to no end -- nm - Pippy Feb 21, 11:05
I get a crap ton of those types of followers. Not mimicking anyone I know, but clearly just taking stuff from someone's account. - Dark Callisto Feb 21, 10:56
I presume the endgame is to eventually post they are in trouble of some kind and for family to paypal them money. -- nm - IAmQale Feb 21, 09:10 2
- That was my first thought. "Grandma, I've been arrested in Mexico and need bail money" -- nm - Meg Feb 21, 09:24 1
  - Probably. -- nm - Volnelk Feb 21, 10:08
I assume it’s a scam and it’s done through bots and scripts, but it seems incredibly elaborate. Evidently you’ve got secrets someone wants! -- nm - Mop Feb 21, 09:03 2
- You’d think the move would be to contact people that don’t already follow the person they are mimicking though. Who knows? -- nm - Volnelk Feb 21, 09:10 1
  - "I had to move my account for reasons follow me here now" -- nm - Reagen Feb 21, 09:11

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Weird, someone is mimicking my mother-in-law on Instagram.

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