'Scammers' impersonate Crypto Twitter users on Threads as nearly 100 million sign-ups hit

Threads are already seeing potential scammers coming to the platform as Crypto Twitter personalities warn of copycats on the app .

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Scammers seem to have wasted no time since the launch of Meta's new microblogging app; several high profile Crypto Twitter users are already warning about impostor accounts on Threads.

Threads launched on July 5 and saw signups soar above 98 million in the days that followed. We are still far from the estimated 450 million Twitter users.

However, over the past few days, several Crypto Twitter personalities have already reported fake accounts on Threads impersonating others or themselves.

On July 8, decentralized finance platform Wombex Finance tweeted an image of a Threads account impersonating it — warning that it might be a scammer because the project is not on the platform.

Warning, #WombexWarriors!

Please note that Wombex Finance DOES NOT have an account on the Threads platform.

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

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

— Wombex (@WombexFinance) July 8, 2023

Non-fungible token (NFT) influencer Leonidas tweeted a similar warning a day earlier to his more than 93,000 followers, claiming that they and other "big NFT accounts" were being spoofed by "scammers" on Threads. Leonidas said he created an account on Threads to fight copycats.

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