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by 2arrs2ells 1388 days ago
I’ve seen sim swaps to get desirable instagram handles. I have to believe it’s easier to extract money from a PayPal account takeover than insta.
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I have an instagram account that I basically don't use, created probably 10+ years ago. At one point I randomly decided to log in and found that my username was randomized and someone else (not even a brand account) was using my original name. I never got any emails about my account being accessed, my password was random, no login activity, etc. To this day I'm still wondering if the account was compromised without a trace or if instagram just decided to give my name to someone else.
Unless your email was also compromised, your name was taken by an FB employee. They do this all the time for their friends and whoever might bribe them.
This is incorrect. Instagram names are essentially impossible to recover (unless you know an insider) and there’s a liquid market for them.

Same is not true of paypal funds.