The head of Instagram was briefly locked out of his account after he was falsely reported as dead – Business Insider November 9, 2021 – Weirdness Wednesdays November 10, 2021

Here’s an unusual post for this week’s post – saw it recently on Business Insider – The head of Instagram was briefly locked out of his account after he was falsely reported as dead: https://www.businessinsider.com/instagram-scam-locked-out-of-account-mosseri-false-death-report-2021-11 Longer article.

Hannah Towey November 9, 2021

Instagram head Adam Mosseri was briefly locked out of his Instagram account in September after he was falsely reported as dead. 

A scammer who goes by the username @Syenrai told Vice’s Motherboard that they were responsible for the ruse, claiming to have created a fake obituary in order to convince Instagram that Mosseri had died. 

“Like other internet services, Instagram has online forms to help people report suspicious activity or to let us know a friend or family member has passed away,” a Meta spokesperson told Insider, who confirmed that Mosseri’s account was incorrectly memorialized for a brief period of time. 

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