'I was scammed out of £17,000 on Instagram'

[AtW]

"I was following this guy on Instagram and he always posts with his car, a rose gold Maserati, saying that he's rich and self-made and really young, he's only 21," says Jonathan Reuben, 24, an accountant.

He discovered a foreign exchange trade investment scheme through an account he followed on Instagram.

"At first I put in £1,000 and once I saw I was getting money I deposited a bit more and more. In the end I was scammed out £17,000," he told the BBC's Money Box programme.

Jonathan is one of a rising number of Instagram users who have lost money to alleged fraudsters posting on the social networking service. "

'''I was scammed out of GBP17,000 on Instagram''' - BBC News

[ladymuck]

Idiot.

[AtW]

Idiot.

That's not nice, I thought we was cutting down on abuse here.

[ladymuck]

That's not nice, I thought we was cutting down on abuse here.

Sorry, you're not an idiot, you're just special.

Oh... You thought I meant the chap in the article

[AtW]

Sorry, you're not an idiot, you're just special.

[northernladuk]

That's not nice, I thought we was cutting down on abuse here.

It's allowed when it's an accurate factual desciption of someone. No one ever got banned for calling PC a clueless moron for example. OK OK Well I did, but that was cause I'd triggered a mod over something else I think.

[NotAllThere]

Sorry, you're not an idiot, you're just special.

Oh... You thought I meant the chap in the article

It was an easy mistake for him to make.

[BrilloPad]

It's allowed when it's an accurate factual desciption of someone. No one ever got banned for calling PC a clueless moron for example. OK OK Well I did, but that was cause I'd triggered a mod over something else I think.

Being a creep at CUK meet ups?