Proteksi Masyarakat Dalam Menyikapi Penipuan Giveaway di Media Sosial Instagram

Abstract

The rapid development of electronic media and communication makes time and distance not a
problem. It not only increases progress in life but can also be a means to commit an act of crime,
one of which is fraud. Self-protection against fraud that is circulating on social media such as
Instagram is basically needed by the community to reduce the occurrence of similar cases. For this
reason, the purpose of this study is to educate the public on how to find out the mode of fraud and
examine how people protect themselves against fraud on social media. This research uses
descriptive qualitative research methods. The results of this study discuss, 1). Public responses
regarding giveaways circulating on Instagram; 2). The impact caused by the giveaway; 3). Fraud
cases on behalf of giveaways; 4). Ways to overcome and protect yourself from giveaway fraud. It
is hoped that we as social media users must be able to protect ourselves from fraud with such
modes by always being wise and careful in sorting out information.