Wires It has left Mark Zuckerberg with nothing but joy since its launch due to the success with which the new network born just 9 days ago has gone viral; but in the future The criticism of the new company is getting stronger, which seems to be an open door for scams.

In just 24 hours, more than 200 suspicious links have been detected abusing Threads, potential scams aimed at selling followers for the new social network and fraudulent messages to steal usernames and passwords, experts warned Thursday.

In a statement, cybersecurity firm Kaspersky says it has discovered several tactics that scammers use to exploit the app’s user base. such as “phishing” pages posing as a web version of the appfor the purpose of gaining unauthorized access to your accounts, personal data or finances.

Threads is only mobile enabled at this time and does not have a website for posting from a computer.

Beware of these scams

Among the possible scams discovered in Latin America is one that offers an average wage of $2,000 for people to “like” and comment on posts on the new social network, but for this the victims have to buy a certain application for $30.

Another fraudulent scheme involves phishing pages that impersonate a non-existent web version of Threads to trick users into entering their credentials.

Because Threads is linked to other META services, you risk losing access to accounts on other social networks such as Instagram and Facebook.

Deleting the Threads profile will also delete the Instagram account associated with the new “app”.

According to specialists, “not only does this raise privacy concerns such as identity theft and doxing (revealing someone’s information), but more worryingly, it poses financial risks. This scam can also affect companies as there are currently many companies using these accounts to create advertising campaigns.

the problems started

While millions of users have quickly downloaded the new app, many have noticed that their smartphone battery is draining.

“Is Threads just… murdering other people’s drums?” a user tweeted.

Another added, “Are threads going to drain iPhone battery or has something changed with iPhones lately?” I hardly use the app, but lately my battery is draining a lot more than usual.’

While the reason for the battery drain remains unclear, Jake Moore, a cybersecurity expert at ESET, suggests that it could be due to a process called “negative testing,” according to the Daily Mail.

A process called negative testing is used to help developers learn how people are using the app to improve it. Negative tests parse the application’s response when invalid input is entered.

Meta apps have long been accused of draining iPhone battery. It may be because they are trying to understand more about their app and how users interact with it.”

Just hours after her appearance last week, Threads managed to add more than 100 million users, becoming, experts say, “a hook for online scams.”

“Latin America has a high consumption of social networks, so it is normal that there are scams. Criminals are not recognized for their ethics, so they use every artifice to achieve their goal and the most common is monetization, i.e. stealing from the victims,” ​​admits the director of the Kaspersky Global Research and Analysis Team for America to Latina, Fabio Assolini.

He emphasizes that “these bogus offers use the name and trend of the social network to scam the largest number of victims. Those who fall for the deception lose their money and receive no compensation.