I have come across many scams along with data manipulations. I once experienced a data manipulation on my Instagram account; there was a time when one of my old friends texted me asking me for help with getting their account back, and they told me I had to give them a code of some sort. Giving them the code made me lose my account. They used my account to try and scam people, saying they can get a lot of money if they contact the account. Now that I look back at that day, it was pretty obvious that it was a scam/data manipulation. Some things to look out for would be if they are asking for personal information for something that does not need it, and if they are asking you to click any links that they send; if you do not know who they are, it is best that you do not interact with them at all. Stay safe and be aware, and careful about what they ask of you!
Thank you, Rosario Trujillo