'Scammers' impersonate Crypto Twitter users on Threads as users near 100M

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Zuckerberg’s new microblogging platform Threads is nearing the 100 million user mark, but Crypto Twitter warns there are a few that may be there for nefarious purposes.

Scammers appear to have wasted no time since the launch of Meta’s new microblogging app — with several high-profile Crypto Twitter users already warning of imposter accounts on Threads.

Threads was launched on July 5 and has seen sign-ups climb above 98 million in the days following. It’s still far away from Twitter’s estimated 450 million users. However, over the past few days, multiple Crypto Twitter figures have already pointed out fake accountsOn July 8, decentralized finance platform Wombex Finance tweeted an image of a Threads account impersonating it — warning it could be a scammer as the project isn't on the platform.Any account claiming to be Wombex Finance on that platform is fraudulent and is operated by a scammer!

 

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