Saitama Prefecture canceled the ongoing campaign and issued a warning, saying that a “fake account” of the prefecture’s official Instagram account had been confirmed.
According to Saitama Prefecture, around 11:00 on September 15th, a fake account that had stolen the icon and profile of Saitama_pref_official, the official Saitama_pref_official account, was confirmed.
There was a report that there was an anonymous and suspicious account on the prefecture’s official Twitter account, and the existence of the fake account was understood. The account in question calls itself “saitama_pref_officiall” with another “l”.
Fake accounts tell followers of official accounts or users who mistakenly follow fake accounts, “Congratulations on winning” or “You are one of the people I chose. Follow the steps below to receive your prize. “Send direct message with content. I was trying to direct you to an external website.
The prefecture asked Instagram to freeze the fake account. The giveaway that started on September 14th has been cancelled. Similar actions have not been confirmed on other SNS, but we call attention on all official accounts.
（NEXT Security – 2022/09/16）
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