Hello, I have some questions and really would love to find solution for this. Is it even possible to secure Instagram account when you buy it? Please don’t tell me use middleman, escrow … I already know I can use it but I want to do this by myself. How to buy account and be sure previous owner won’t back it? I had problem few days ago, I bought account and tomorrow when I woke up I was logged out. How that happened? I paid for it (PayPal), then I logged into Gmail, changed password, added my recovery email and my recovery number. I needed code from previous owner phone for that 3 changes. After that I logged into Instagram changed password, changed email to my new address and removed his phone number. I deleted emails from Instagram in Og email inbox that say email changed … because that link works for 15 days and what if somehow he log into Og email he can back Ig account. Somehow he got account back, how is it possible? Can someone explain me what should I do to be sure? I know it is somehow possible to secure account. Yes I will probably win PayPal dispute but it takes time, I don’t want to waste time and wait for my money to come back
Thanks
I pretty much think the account is recoverable in three ways.
Anyone with the og email can recover account.(this works in all scenario) i think you should never leave him with the og email.
Anyone with the an iphone that has been actively logged in the account for more than a year consecutively (has somewhat access to recover through all) i dont know how ghis works may be we ask @onlyusernames he knows more here!
And lastly i think if the account has been about a real person and a lot of facial pictures in it. He still can use his id to find his way back. This is rare but still considerable.
I think that when you delete number from Gmail that was for long time on account Gmail need codes from it 30 days more. It is really stupid right? We can’t be safe 30 days. But I changed email on Instagram and backup link mail from inbox on Og mail. How the f could he do it very fast? I really don’t know what is happening. We need to somehow block previous seller even try to recover Email.
I pretty much agree with @Luccaswahily.
The most important thing is to own the original email. You can check whether you have the OGE by going to Settings > Security > Account Data > Former email addresses and the email at the bottom is the OGE. Gmail accounts are common but they are also very easy to recover, that’s why you should try looking for accounts with Protonmail OGE.
You can also recover accounts instantly if you have been using them on your iPhone device for a while. To do so, you can tap Forgotten password and then Need more help. If you are able to recover it, phone number and email address that have been on the account for a while will show up. This means that there’s always a risk involved when purchasing an account.
Some basic tips:
- You can ask the seller to change the current information (phone number/email address) to yours and log out after that and only then transfer the account.
- After logging in, make sure to change password, enable 2FA if possible and disable all linked apps and social media.
- I am not sure if this works, but many people recommend to change the email address several times after purchasing an account. You can easily do that by adding +number behind your address: e.g. name@email.com, name+1@email.com, name+2@email.com, etc.
Hope that helps.
Yes 100% , Plus i hate gmail. Anyone knows how to be safe with a given email??
No you can’t be safe with damn Gmail, I hate it. I suggest buying accounts that wasn’t on an iPhone. Also did you think about deleting Gmail that owner gives you and later make new gmail with same address? That just came to my mind, I don’t know if it is possible to do something like that. This Instagram buying/selling became hard to do