Scamburst: New way instagram shoppers fight scam
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it was becoming really hard to trust instagram vendors but with scamburst i send several pages to be checked and authentic pages are selected for me she said2 by anita eboigbe2 the account @scamburstng has been trending on various social media platforms for helping shoppers check scam pages to discover those that would likely be scam pages2 instagram which is regarded by communication experts as one of the biggest online shopping platforms because of its picture and video content sharing nature have faced threats from scam pages recently2 the news agency of nigeria nan reports that a business motivation group @abujabusiness comprising mostly female entrepreneurs in abuja recently raised concerns over influx of scam pages on the social media2 it stated there has been several complaints of an influx of scam pages on the social media platform which has reduced customer trust on the platform2 some of the instagram shoppers who spoke to nan said that scamburst has helped them distinguish between scam vendors and real ones using subtle pointers2 other respondents praised the initiative adding that has rejuvenated the flair for online shopping by assisting shoppers to identify scam pages2 a shopper zainab abimbola told nan that scamburst would further help in reassuring buyers especially those who have been swindled in the past2 in a bid to curb the rising wave of scam on the social networking platform instagram users who usually shop on the platform have taken to an anonymously run account scamburst to review pages of vendors and verify their authenticity2 another shopper andrew goke said that the page has saved him a lot of money as he had been scam severally by vendors on instagram2 i had given up on instagram vendors they have duped me severally. at least with a page that detects scam it is easy to go to them for referral he said2 according to the handlers of scamburst it has put up fresh and notorious scam pages on its instagram handle so that shoppers can be on the lookout2 they said sometimes what the shoppers see on the instagram page of the seller is not what he or she gets at the end of the day2 so there is already an issue of trust and people are scared of instagram shopping vendors have been trying to combat the problem on their own but it is limited2 by popular demand we help shoppers review pages and certify that the vendor is sincere this way the instagram shopping space is becoming safe again scamburst said2 the page handlers listed several factors to look out for when identifying scam pages including request for too much information from the customer2 they include use of too many hashtags too-good-to-be-true deals frequent discount offers and over flooding of stock pictures as red flags to spot in instagram scam pages2