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Instagram phishing: sites, fake domains & scam patterns

Name: Instagram phishing hostnames and lookalike domains
Creator: PhishPin
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PhishPin's phishing-feed index currently lists 1,113 hostnames that reference Instagram, across 1,397 reported URLs from 3 of 5 threat feeds we track. Instagram ranks #15 of 579 brands we track by reported hosts. In the last 15 days, 21 newly registered domains contained or closely resembled the name.

Social & messaging · rank #15 of 579 by reported hosts

1,113hosts in phishing feeds-1 vs last week

1,397reported URLsacross all matching hosts

3 of 5feeds list this brand0% of hosts seen in 2+ feeds

21new lookalike domainsregistered in the last 15 days · +10 wk

Key findings for Instagram

Impersonation pressure is High (73/100): Instagram has more reported hosts than 97% of the 579 brands we track.
That is 1.6× the average for social & messaging (713 hosts per brand).
857 hosts (77%) hide the Instagram name in a subdomain of an unrelated site, the trick that makes a link look official at a glance.
The most common ending is .com (382 hosts, 34%).
32% of hosts pair the brand with a bait word. The most common is “login” (164 hosts).
Reported hosts are down 1 compared with about a week ago.
21 lookalike domains were registered in the last 15 days, 9 of them in the three most recent days of data.
7 of the new domains are typo or look-alike-character copies, which are the hardest for people to spot.

How attackers fake Instagram

These breakdowns cover all 1,113 matching hostnames, not only the rows listed below.

Top endings (TLDs)

.com382 34%

.app91 8%

.ml41 4%

.io38 3%

.tk32 3%

.am20 2%

.net19 2%

.xyz18 2%

Bait words next to the brand

login164 15%

help47 4%

support29 3%

account21 2%

secure18 2%

center11 1%

security10 1%

official10 1%

Hostname tricks

Name in a subdomain of another site857 77%

Name inside the domain itself256 23%

Name + a bait word357 32%

Listed by 2+ feeds0 0%

Hosts reported in phishing feeds

The most widely reported hostnames that reference Instagram, ranked by how many feeds list them and then by reported URLs. Search, filter and export all 100 rows.

#	Hostname (defanged)	Pattern	Feeds	URLs
1	instagram-phishing-3be[.]pages[.]dev	subdomain trick	1 feed	70
2	instagramsupport[.]net	support	1 feed	19
3	instagram[.]archive[.]com[.]im	subdomain trick	1 feed	18
4	instagramhelpcenter[.]nl	help	1 feed	18
5	instagram[.]accounts-sign-in[.]email	subdomain trickaccount	1 feed	16
6	instagram-com-p[.]proxy[.]webtoppings[.]bar	subdomain trick	1 feed	7
7	instagramsystem[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	6
8	www[.]artinstagram[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	6
9	copyrghtinstagram[.]in	name in domain	1 feed	5
10	mediainstagram[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	5
11	help-instagram[.]co	help	1 feed	4
12	instagram-my[.]ru	name in domain	1 feed	4
13	instagram3141610[.]blogspot[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
14	instagramhelp[.]azurewebsites[.]net	subdomain trickhelp	1 feed	4
15	paredesinstagrameables[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	4
16	www[.]instagram[.]accounts-sign-in[.]email	subdomain trickaccount	1 feed	4
17	www[.]instagram[.]sterlingbittrade[.]net	subdomain trick	1 feed	4
18	instagram-reel-meta[.]github[.]io	subdomain trick	1 feed	3
19	instagram[.]shoppro[.]xyz	subdomain trick	1 feed	3
20	instagram410161010[.]blogspot[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	3
21	login-instagram[.]com	login	1 feed	3
22	security-instagram[.]gearhostpreview[.]com	subdomain tricksecurity	1 feed	3
23	win-phones-instagram[.]firebaseapp[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	3
24	win-phones-instagram[.]web[.]app	subdomain trick	1 feed	3
25	win-phones-instagrams[.]web[.]app	subdomain trick	1 feed	3
26	connect[.]instagram[.]eisde[.]me	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
27	copyright-instagram[.]my[.]id	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
28	copyrightinstagram[.]business	name in domain	1 feed	2
29	copyrightsupportsinstagram[.]ml	support	1 feed	2
30	delete-instagram-secure-http[.]callbomberz[.]com	subdomain tricksecure	1 feed	2
31	fr-instagram[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	2
32	help-support-instagram[.]gq	help	1 feed	2
33	help[.]instagram-com[.]darkxost[.]uz	subdomain trickhelp	1 feed	2
34	info-instagramhelps[.]com	help	1 feed	2
35	instagraam[.]iosinstagram[.]ir	name in domain	1 feed	2
36	instagram-ai[.]blogspot[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
37	instagram-center[.]com	center	1 feed	2
38	instagram-clone-1uzziqws1-ceddah[.]vercel[.]app	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
39	instagram-clone-three-blue[.]vercel[.]app	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
40	instagram-clone-wine[.]vercel[.]app	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
41	instagram-controllo[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	2
42	instagram-copyright-23432847145191233[.]ml	name in domain	1 feed	2
43	instagram-copyright-media-center[.]ga	center	1 feed	2
44	instagram-copyright-notice[.]ml	name in domain	1 feed	2
45	instagram-copyrightscenters[.]ml	center	1 feed	2
46	instagram-i[.]github[.]io	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
47	instagram-login-support[.]github[.]io	subdomain tricklogin	1 feed	2
48	instagram-mobile[.]herokuapp[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
49	instagram-phone-claim[.]firebaseapp[.]com	subdomain trickclaim	1 feed	2
50	instagram-posts[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	2
51	instagram-seeingpicture[.]on[.]drv[.]tw	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
52	instagram-verified[.]support	name in domain	1 feed	2
53	instagram-verify[.]x24hr[.]com	subdomain trickverify	1 feed	2
54	instagram-website-clone-liard[.]vercel[.]app	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
55	instagram[.]com-reel-cth4e2bipff[.]truelovette[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
56	instagram[.]com[.]service-cline-2021[.]justns[.]ru	subdomain trickservice	1 feed	2
57	instagram[.]joshuanilsson[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
58	instagram[.]livemediasupport[.]com	subdomain tricksupport	1 feed	2
59	instagram[.]saiddashtekavir[.]ir	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
60	instagram[.]slogin1[.]repl[.]co	subdomain tricklogin	1 feed	2
61	instagram[.]testmyprojects[.]tk	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
62	instagram[.]webdns[.]eu[.]org	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
63	instagram5-byte[.]github[.]io	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
64	instagram51[.]github[.]io	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
65	instagramer[.]co	name in domain	1 feed	2
66	instagramfakefollowing[.]blogspot[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
67	instagramfreefollow[.]github[.]io	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
68	instagramhellpmedia[.]tk	name in domain	1 feed	2
69	instagramhelpbussines[.]net	help	1 feed	2
70	instagramhelpingservices[.]ga	help	1 feed	2
71	instagramhelpteamcenter[.]tk	help	1 feed	2
72	instagramindia[.]github[.]io	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
73	instagramlatinobrasil[.]10001mb[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
74	instagrammiw[.]orderyuk[.]info	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
75	instagrampost66[.]blogspot[.]com[.]ee	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
76	instagrampro[.]org	name in domain	1 feed	2
77	instagramrequest[.]com	name in domain	1 feed	2
78	instagrams-support[.]coli[.]live	subdomain tricksupport	1 feed	2
79	instagrams[.]com[.]mx	name in domain	1 feed	2
80	instagrams[.]ettastore[.]com[.]ng	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
81	instagramsrbija2022[.]github[.]io	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
82	login[.]instagram[.]bloggingmad[.]com	subdomain tricklogin	1 feed	2
83	logininstagram[.]webdns[.]eu[.]org	subdomain tricklogin	1 feed	2
84	media-instagram-violations[.]ga	name in domain	1 feed	2
85	officialxinstagram[.]blogspot[.]com	subdomain trickofficial	1 feed	2
86	react-instagram-clone-zeoq-git-main-adham-el-roubys-projects[.]vercel[.]app	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
87	react-instagram-clone-zeoq[.]vercel[.]app	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
88	samplel-ks6yxvur5-instagramm[.]vercel[.]app	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
89	scoopaevhinstagram[.]sytes[.]net	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
90	secure[.]instagram[.]com[.]exarus[.]xyz	subdomain tricksecure	1 feed	2
91	secure[.]instagram[.]com[.]hesapguvenligi[.]aultoon[.]com	subdomain tricksecure	1 feed	2
92	secured-instagram[.]com	secure	1 feed	2
93	support-instagram[.]fr	support	1 feed	2
94	uazelenskyweprayforukraine[.]instagram[.]com[.]aibph[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
95	update-account-instagram[.]idigitalzone[.]com	subdomain trickupdate	1 feed	2
96	userlogin-instagram[.]com	login	1 feed	2
97	uyapinstagram[.]net	name in domain	1 feed	2
98	verifyinstagram[.]xyz	verify	1 feed	2
99	victormreis-instagram[.]vercel[.]app	subdomain trick	1 feed	2
100	win-phones-instagrams[.]firebaseapp[.]com	subdomain trick	1 feed	2

Showing the top 100 of 1,113 matching hosts. Need the full list, daily alerts or takedowns for your own brand?Get the full feed

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New lookalike domains registered recently

Domains registered in the last 15 days that contain Instagram's name, sit one character away from it or use look-alike characters. Attackers often register these days before sending the first email.

Registrations per day

17 Oct 2026peak 4 in a day31 Oct 2026

Top endings of new lookalikes

.com5 24%

.se2 10%

.site2 10%

.si2 10%

.de2 10%

.xyz1 5%

#	Domain (defanged)	Why it matched	Registered
1	instagra[.]top	1 character off	30 Oct 2026 · 2 days ago
2	instagramm[.]help	1 character off	29 Oct 2026 · 3 days ago
3	lnstagram[.]monster	1 character off	25 Oct 2026 · 7 days ago
4	instgram[.]de	1 character off	19 Oct 2026 · 13 days ago
5	instaqram[.]me	1 character off	19 Oct 2026 · 13 days ago
6	instagram2[.]website	1 character off	19 Oct 2026 · 13 days ago
7	insta-gram[.]com[.]in	1 character off	18 Oct 2026 · 14 days ago
8	instagramads[.]se	contains brand name	31 Oct 2026 · yesterday
9	ig-instagram[.]xyz	contains brand name	31 Oct 2026 · yesterday
10	ssbinstagram[.]com	contains brand name	31 Oct 2026 · yesterday
11	instagram-ads[.]se	contains brand name	31 Oct 2026 · yesterday
12	metainstagram[.]mw	contains brand name	30 Oct 2026 · 2 days ago
13	instagramfetch[.]com	contains brand name	30 Oct 2026 · 2 days ago
14	instagram-giris[.]site	contains brand name	29 Oct 2026 · 3 days ago
15	instagramdeals[.]si	contains brand name	28 Oct 2026 · 4 days ago
16	instagram-downloads[.]com	contains brand name	26 Oct 2026 · 6 days ago
17	sss-instagram[.]site	contains brand name	25 Oct 2026 · 7 days ago
18	instagramadvanced[.]com	contains brand name	18 Oct 2026 · 14 days ago
19	instagram-follower-kaufen[.]de	contains brand name	18 Oct 2026 · 14 days ago
20	instagramcreator[.]si	contains brand name	17 Oct 2026 · 15 days ago

Showing the 20 highest-priority of 21 lookalikes. Want every one of them monitored for your brand, with alerts?Talk to us

Newly registered is not the same as malicious. Many of these are unrelated businesses or hobby sites. They are listed because attackers use exactly this pattern. Domains sharing a brand name with a keyword such as login, secure or verify deserve the closest look.

How Instagram phishing works

Phishing against Instagram follows patterns common to social & messaging. Typical lures:

A "your account will be disabled" warning from a fake copyright or policy team.
A verification-badge offer or "you have been selected" message that leads to a cloned login.
A login-code request that tricks you into handing over the SMS or app code.
A message from a hacked friend with a link to "see this video of you".

Red flags

Official platforms do not threaten to delete your account within hours.
Links come through DMs or comments instead of the app's own notification centre.
You are asked for a login code, or to log in again from a link.

Real Instagram domains

If the address in your browser is not one of these (or a subdomain of them), it is not Instagram. The list is not exhaustive.

instagram.com

If you already clicked or entered details

Recover the account through the platform's own help page, revoke unknown sessions and connected apps, reset the password and switch on authenticator-app 2FA. Warn your contacts that messages from you may be fake.

Protecting a brand like Instagram from lookalike domains

If you run security, brand or fraud for a company that is copied this way, this is the order that works in practice:

Enforce DMARC. Move your policy to quarantine, then reject, so attackers cannot send mail that passes as your domain.
Watch new registrations. Lookalikes appear daily; the earlier you see one, the sooner you can act, ideally before the first email goes out.
Register the obvious typos and keyword variants you can afford to hold, and check which lookalikes are already registered by someone else.
Report fast. A live fake needs a request to the registrar and host, plus a report to browser safe-browsing lists and the public feeds shown above.
Tell your customers where you will and will not ask for logins, codes or payments.

Protect your brand from lookalike domains

Instagram is one of 579 brands in this index, but attackers copy any company whose customers log in or pay. PhishPin checks your domain for registered lookalikes, email-spoofing gaps and listings in these same phishing feeds, then helps you get the fakes taken down.

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Questions about Instagram phishing

How can I tell if a message from Instagram is phishing?

Check the sender and link domain first. Official platforms do not threaten to delete your account within hours. Links come through DMs or comments instead of the app's own notification centre. You are asked for a login code, or to log in again from a link. When in doubt, do not use the link: type instagram.com into your browser or open the official app.

How many Instagram phishing sites has PhishPin found?

As of 1 Nov 2026, 1,113 hostnames referencing Instagram appear in the phishing feeds PhishPin indexes (1,397 reported URLs). These are reported hostnames, not a count of sites that are online today; many are removed quickly and some matches are coincidental.

What do fake Instagram domains look like?

In our data, the most common ending for reported hosts is .com. The brand is most often combined with the word "login". 857 hosts put the brand name in a subdomain of an unrelated site. Always read the part of the address just before the first single slash: that is the real site. Real Instagram addresses end in instagram.com.

What should I do if I entered my details on a fake Instagram page?

How do I report a fake Instagram website or message?

Forward phishing emails to reportphishing@apwg.org, report scams at reportfraud.ftc.gov, and report the page to Google Safe Browsing. Also tell Instagram through the contact options on its official website (instagram.com).

Is it safe to visit the domains listed on this page?

No. They are shown defanged, with dots in brackets, so they cannot be clicked by accident. Do not type them into a browser. Listings are warnings from automated matching, and some are harmless coincidences.

How does PhishPin find lookalike domains of Instagram?

We read the daily list of newly registered domains (1,050,000 domains over the last 15 days) and flag those that contain the brand name, differ by one character or swap look-alike characters. A match is a warning sign, not proof of abuse.

How can a company protect its own brand from lookalike domains like these?

Publish an enforced DMARC policy so nobody can send mail as your domain, monitor newly registered domains that resemble your name, register the obvious typo domains, and file takedown requests with the registrar, host and browser safe-browsing lists when a fake goes live. PhishPin's free brand audit checks the first three for your domain.

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