{"id":40606,"date":"2023-09-11T15:06:05","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T19:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=40606"},"modified":"2023-09-11T15:06:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T19:06:05","slug":"app-store-continues-to-host-scammy-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/11\/app-store-continues-to-host-scammy-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"App Store Continues to Host Scammy Apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/apples-ios-app-store-continues-to-host-scammy-unethical-apps\/\">Joshua Long<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/apples-ios-app-store-continues-to-host-scammy-unethical-apps\/\"><p>A couple months ago, we covered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/after-backlash-apple-removes-fake-threads-app-unethical-loan-apps-from-app-store\/\">several suspicious apps<\/a> that were in Apple&rsquo;s iOS App Store. One mimicked the new &ldquo;Threads, an Instagram app,&rdquo; and others were unethical loan apps. At the time we published the article, Apple had removed the apps following public backlash.<\/p><p>We wish we could tell you that the App Store was perfectly free of scammy apps, but unfortunately such is not the case.<\/p><p>Over the past week, several more sketchy apps have come to light. Again, some of them are illegitimate loan apps that often seem to particularly target iPhone users in India. The apps mimic the names of legitimate financial institutions, but are reported not actually connected in any way with those companies.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pooniawalla\/status\/1695426904155738243\">Babu<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pooniawalla\/status\/1695426904155738243\"><p>The \n@AppStore\n in India is dancing to the tune of fake loan apps<\/p><p>When you search for &ldquo;instant loan&rdquo;: The Ad &amp; all 5 top results are of Fraud Loan Apps.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Apple did remove them after more than a week and many downloads, but <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pooniawalla\/status\/1697219182767550785\">new ones<\/a> reached the top finance charts just days later.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IM_Kevin_Archer\/status\/1697290296730497310\">Kevin Archer<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IM_Kevin_Archer\/status\/1697290296730497310\"><p>I wonder how many Apple guidelines points this app is infringing &#x1F937;&#x200D;&#x2642;&#xFE0F;. More than this, it was released on 20 Dec 2022 and still active. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It looks like a to-do app but really offers pirated movies.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theJoshMeister\/status\/1697369768238678147\">Josh Long<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theJoshMeister\/status\/1697369768238678147\"><p>This Bitcoin wallet app is fake, according to the developer of the real Samourai app for Android. (The company doesn&rsquo;t even make any iOS apps at all.)<\/p><p>It has been in the App Store since July 21, in spite of being reported multiple times.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Previously:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/21\/scam-authenticator-app-steals-qr-codes\/\">Scam Authenticator App Steals QR Codes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/15\/swapping-app-data-after-review\/\">Swapping App Data After Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/10\/the-top-pdf-reader-in-the-mac-app-store\/\">The Top PDF Reader in the Mac App Store<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/14\/most-fraudulent-apps-still-on-the-app-store\/\">Most Fraudulent Apps Still on the App Store<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/22\/the-app-store-isnt-catching-the-most-egregious-scams\/\">The App Store Isn&rsquo;t Catching the Most Egregious Scams<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joshua Long: A couple months ago, we covered several suspicious apps that were in Apple&rsquo;s iOS App Store. One mimicked the new &ldquo;Threads, an Instagram app,&rdquo; and others were unethical loan apps. At the time we published the article, Apple had removed the apps following public backlash.We wish we could tell you that the App [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"apple_news_api_created_at":"2023-09-11T19:06:08Z","apple_news_api_id":"49cfa512-487d-4a28-9c4e-f4b8fdcfec9e","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2023-09-11T19:06:08Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/ASc-lEkh9SiicTvS4_c_sng","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_is_hidden":false,"apple_news_is_paid":false,"apple_news_is_preview":false,"apple_news_is_sponsored":false,"apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":"\"\"","apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[91,2036,1195,1770,31,2185,26,2422],"class_list":["post-40606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-appstore","tag-app-store-scams","tag-financial","tag-india","tag-ios","tag-ios-16","tag-iosapp","tag-threads"],"apple_news_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40606"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40607,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40606\/revisions\/40607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}