A little while ago, I came across what looked like an exciting Instagram giveaway. The post claimed that a popular clothing brand was giving away free gift cards to “celebrate hitting 200K followers.” The page looked legit at first glance, the profile picture matched the brand, and the post had a ton of likes and comments. All I had to do was click a link in their bio and “confirm my info” to enter. It felt real enough that I almost did it. But this was actually a scam. The whole purpose was to collect people’s personal information, like full…