Instagram Blue Badge

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norablack

Newbie

Jan 19, 2014

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• Nov 18, 2022

• #1

Hi everyone!

I want share with you some information that I discovered on Instagram main directory.

Many people are creating (in bulk mode, with some scripts methods) new Instagram accounts, but with blue verification badge included. How is it possible?

 

TomTheCat

Elite Member

Oct 27, 2019

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• Nov 18, 2022

• #2

norablack said:

How is it possible?

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Rogue employees afraid of layoffs, cashing in while they can.

 

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norablack

Newbie

Jan 19, 2014

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• Nov 18, 2022
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• #3

TomTheCat said:

Rogue employees afraid of layoffs, cashing in while they can.

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I read about losing verification after username changing.

So these accounts are unusable, I think.

 

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khloros

Regular Member

Aug 16, 2019

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• Nov 18, 2022

• #4

Interesting but it looks like an inside job

 

Rufin jazz

Regular Member

Aug 6, 2014

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• Nov 18, 2022

• #5

Could be real testing?

 

xfiles999

Supreme Member

Mar 29, 2018

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• Nov 18, 2022

• #6

Those are IG team test accounts, this is not new. These accounts are purposely created for testing IG services and products.

 

deansreturned

Registered Member

Apr 11, 2017

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• Nov 18, 2022

• #7

These appear to be internal.

They could be part of the verification team testing but some of those accounts are following instagram verification services.

Maybe some hack, etc.

Likely in cooperation with internal staff it would seem

 

James_walker

Senior Member

Sep 29, 2021

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• Nov 19, 2022

• #8

This looks to be an insider's work!
But soon Instagram will notice this and disable the accounts.

 

GreyHatNik

Senior Member

Jr. VIP

Feb 26, 2021

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• Nov 19, 2022

• #9

This is definitely an internal test; you can find thousands of these types of accounts, some of them still have the badge months later too.

 

Manual Growth

BANNED - Failed to resolve a dispute

Nov 18, 2020

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• Nov 22, 2022

• #10

GreyHatNik said:

This is definitely an internal test; you can find thousands of these types of accounts, some of them still have the badge months later too.

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yes, I also saw some accounts which are empty but verified and have usernames similar to these ones..