‘Scammers’ posing as crypto Twitter users on threads close to 100M users

It appears that scammers have wasted no time since the launch of Meta’s new microblogging app – several high-profile crypto Twitter users have already warned of fraudulent accounts on the threads.

Threads was launched on July 5 and in the days since, sign-ups have climbed above 98 million. That’s still a far cry from Twitter’s estimated 450 million users.

However, over the past few days, several crypto Twitter figures have already pointed out fake accounts impersonating others or themselves on the threads.

On July 8, decentralized finance platform Wombex Finance mimicked this, tweeting an image of a Threads account – warning it could be a scammer as the project is not on the platform.

Attention, #wombexwarriors,

Please note that Wombex Finance does not have an account on the THREADS platform.

Any account on that platform claiming to be Wombex Finance is fraudulent and operated by a scammer!

To avoid scams, always visit our official channels:… pic.twitter.com/uU8fc2lTiB

— Wombex (@WombexFinance) 8 July 2023

Non-Fungible Token (NFT) influencer Leonidas Tweeted A similar warning was posted a day earlier to his more than 93,000 followers, saying that he and other “large NFT accounts” were being impersonated by “scammers” on the threads. Leonidas said he has now created an account on Threads to combat the copycats.

Jeffrey Huang, known on Twitter as Machi Big Brother, tweeted his Threads profile on July 6, with a user pointing out that a Threads account impersonating his Twitter persona already existed.

hey man you already have a scam account on threads pic.twitter.com/QTDv3V39H7

— Natalie (NLC) (@nlc972) 6 July 2023

So far, the mentioned thread accounts have refrained from sharing any scam or phishing links, posting most crypto-related content.

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For years, Twitter has been a popular channel for crypto phishing scammers, with hacking Twitter accounts of famous people and businesses and posting malicious links a common tactic.

Such links usually attempt to trick unwitting targets into sharing their crypto exchange login, crypto wallet seed phrase, or to link a wallet to a crypto-draining smart contract.

According to a report by Web3 security firm Beosin, $108 million worth of crypto was stolen in such phishing scams in the first half of this year.

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