A major warning has been issued by police over a fake app posing as social media platform TikTok.
Here's everything you need to know.
What is the fake app?
The fake app, called 'TikTok Pro', has been set up by scammers and distributed via a third party store.
The app has been set up to mimic the official version, simply named 'TikTok'.
In the last 18 months, the authentic version of the app has quickly become one of the top most downloaded apps - with 41 per cent of its users under the age of 24.
Police have said the 'TikTok Pro' app is fully operational spyware, and warned anyone across the UK who has downloaded the application to delete it immediately.
What have police said?
In a statement, Durham Police said: "A fully functional spyware is being distributed as 'TikTok Pro' on third-party app stores, alongside a slightly more benign version of the scam which appears to be simple adware.
"It should be noted that while it is possible to get a 'Pro' account for TikTok, there is no 'TikTok Pro' account.
"This is a piece of opportunism from the threat actors behind this campaign."
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