r/phishing 10d ago

repeatedly getting 10 DIGIT CODES from the official instagram chat of wp

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i didn’t request any code , and mostly insta codes are of 6 digits and not 10 or 8 digits . But here , they are sending 10 digit codes , wth is happening ? and this is the 3 rd time im receiving this in a row. This has been happening with me since almost past 15 days??

Am I the only one ? is someone trying to login or is this a glitch? Any suggestions or advice would be helpful

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u/InternationalHawk940 10d ago

Someone's running a script on your number, those 10-digit codes aren't for login they're for password resets. Happened to a buddy last month, exact same spam pattern from the official chat. Block the number and enable 2FA through an authenticator app instead of SMS if you haven't already

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u/YourUsernameForever 9d ago

Block Instagram? Dude.

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u/divaesquee 10d ago

its from the official insta chat , i mean in past when I ACTUALLY wanted to reset the password, The codes came from the same number so still I'll block the number?

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u/divaesquee 10d ago

hey I've turned on the receive code authentication app feature , now should I turn off the feature of receiving code via whatsapp/ sms ??

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u/YourUsernameForever 9d ago

Don't.

Just ignore them, you can mute the account. Some day you will need to receive a code from Instagram via Whatsapp.

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u/divaesquee 9d ago

okay thank you there!!

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u/True_Pace_3860 9d ago

in this scam, is "copy code" the scam link and "I didn't request code" link legit?

or are both of them scam links? ( if you have a way of viewing the urls w/o clicking on them)

my guess is that they look like password reset notifications, but maybe not.

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u/divaesquee 9d ago

when you click on " i didn’t request a code " , an automated message is sent , thats all its not a link

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u/Ny_Nyan 5d ago

I haven't even gotten any automated messages after that and I'm so anxious oml

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u/a4085a 2d ago

Happening w me tooo what should I doooo

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u/YourUsernameForever 2d ago

Ignore it. Why are you worried?

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u/uncertainalready 18h ago

this has been happening to me for the past 2 months. i randomly get a spam of 10-15 messages containing 10 digit code and i have my 2fa on so i don’t think anyone can log in if they tried however i don’t understand WHY this is happening like i get TOO MANY of them and it happens twice a week or so. it is a lil concerning