Instagram Spam

[lyndsaywrightdesign]

Is anyone else getting Instagram spam followers who are pretty women wanting to live chat or strip for them?  I've just been blocking them, but there has been a massive uptick in the last two weeks.  Did I inadvertently type a hashtag with a double meaning?  Did Autocorrect change a calligraphy-oriented hashtag to something dirty?  Am I just really rocking it out with my lettering?  What did I do to bring such advances?  Hahahahahaha!!!! 

Is anyone else dealing with this goofiness?

[Linda Y.]

Constantly. I would "report as inappropriate" or block. I also complained to Instagram. Hope they do something about it 

[ValarieW]

Mary Ellen and I were wondering the same thing! We keep blocking them but there have definitely been waaay more in the last couple weeks. I haven't been uploading anything recently so now whenever I get that little orange notification I know it's another spam bot. Everytime I click "report" it says "thanks blah blah blah" and my only option the get back is to press "cancel."

I'm sitting at my computer yelling "no! No I don't want to cancel! Or chat! Or video! And I don't think you need wedding invites any time soon, so stop creeping!"

[ElysseA]

This has been happening to me, too. I wasn't connecting it to my calligraphy posts, but looking back... maybe there is some correlation. Very odd! Does hunt22 mean something to them?!

[elsa.d]

Yes!!!! And here I thought they wanted to chat with only me, now I find out they've been soliciting all my calligraphy friends. Heartbreak city! I think I'll write a country song about it.

[Estefa]

I didn't get any of these … what's wrong with me ?!!!

[tintenfuchs]

I didn't get any of these … what's wrong with me ?!!!

Me neither! I guess we're just not pretty enough

[Estefa]

Hahaha and me too old !!

[mary ellen]

someone searching for #calligraporn?!! lol they hit me Emily and Valarie all in same day!

[joi]

totally!!! and every time i think eeeeewwwww! 

[AmyNeub]

I didn't get any of these … what's wrong with me ?!!!

Me neither! I guess we're just not pretty enough

Me three.

[Erica McPhee]

  Am I just really rocking it out with my lettering? 

I'm thinking this one. 

[Erica McPhee]

I didn't get any of these … what's wrong with me ?!!!

LOL! Me, neither! 

[Meredith S]

I haven't had any but then got two in the last two days. I just blocked and reported it though I'm not sure if that's the best way to handle it.

[Linda Y.]

Here's how you can repor them:
https://help.instagram.com/146313148893752

Also, I complained via their twitter account as well (@instagram).