# @wmar2news on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs4AOhotPOy
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/7157674-wmar2news-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-05-30T17:07:06.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WMAR-2 News (@WMAR2News) — https://gondola.cc/WMAR2News

## Caption

A grad student in need of a new laptop lost a thousand dollars in a fake Twitter promotion.

MASN Reporter Roch Kubatko is in the business of covering the Orioles, not selling laptops, but for a few days, his Twitter feed had multiple posts about a laptop giveaway for charity. One of his followers, Tim Utzig, believed the posts were real.

“I met him in a sports journalism class at Towson University while I was an undergrad there. He came and spoke to my class and ever since then, I follow him avidly. I’ve been a big Orioles fan for a very, very long time,” said Tim Utzig.

Utzig is unable to watch the games. He’s a blind member of the community, so he listens to the games and follows along with Kubatko’s tweets. And recently, a tweet from Kubatko’s account prompted Utzig to send him a message.

“It was kind of too good to be true, the timing. I need a MacBook for graduate school,” said Utzig. “It was a discounted price, $1,000 is what I sent for a 2023 MacBook Pro, and the proceeds would be going to charity.”

After exchanging several direct messages with Kubatko’s account, Utzig received an Apple Pay request for $1,000, which he accepted.

“I trusted the source, I trusted the reporter, I trusted the platform, I trusted Twitter and paid the price,” said Utzig.

What Utzig didn’t realize is that the account had been hacked. He believes he would’ve been tipped off had his screen reader notified him that the account was suddenly locked and there were changes in Kubatko’s bio and list of people he followed.

#orioles #news #scamalert #masn

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scamalert, masn, news, orioles

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