Gave my number to a fake friend on Instagram

A reddit report about a phishing scam that cost someone Amount not specified. Learn how to avoid falling victim.

bro i can’t believe i fell for ts. someone pretended to be someone i knew on insta, asking for codes to telegram, facebook, and whatsapp. i don’t use any of these apps, never even made an acc on 2 of them, so im not worried? then they asked for my # and i gave it to them. the email was weird but i didn’t block 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ then they asked if i could do a favor for them, and i was like ok wtf, so i texted the person they were pretending to be, and she was like what the hell r u talking about😭😭😭 so now i’m scared. can they do anything with my number or with those accounts they created? what even was the goal here??? thank god i started using my brain wtf

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