A user lost ₹2,000 after trusting an Instagram promotion, highlighting a growing pattern of influencer-linked fraud prompting regulatory scrutiny and law enforcement action.
An Instagram reel promising easy money cost one user ₹2,000 after he trusted an online promotion from a creator he already followed, a cautionary tale that mirrors a wider pattern of influencer-linked fraud now drawing scrutiny from regulators and law enforcement. The writer says the lure was simple: a shortcut to fast returns, wrapped in the credibility of a familiar face online. Cases in the US and Britain show that that same mix of trust, social proof and money-making promises has been used in everything from stock manipulation to bogus investment pitches.
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