MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Gabriella Batalha didn't think much when she noticed she had been logged out of Instagram - until the next day when she found her account overrun with sensational posts touting high-yield cryptocurrency investments.
To recover her account, the 27-year-old lawyer from Rio de Janeiro had to pay 200 reais ($40) to a "consultant" she found on YouTube, a man she says could have been a scammer himself.
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