Fake Call History Apps on Google Play Steal Payments, Hit 7.3M+ Downloads
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Fake Call History Apps on Google Play Steal Payments, Hit 7.3M+ Downloads
28 fake “call history” utilities on Google Play, collectively installed more than 7.3 million times, have been exposed as subscription scams that generate fabricated logs instead of real phone records, with several also bypassing Google’s official billing system to make refunds harder for victims. The CallPhantom apps advertise an impossible service: detailed call histories, SMS […] The post Fake Call History Apps on Google Play Steal Payments, …
The "CallPhantom" campaign's apps promise to deliver phone history of any number against payment. The data is invented.
Apps that promise to display the call history of foreign phone numbers are currently attracting millions of users into a cost trap. Security experts from the European IT security manufacturer ESET warn against a new scam: users pay money, but only receive freely invented data. According to ESET, 28 such applications have been downloaded more than 7.3 million times. As a partner of the App Defense Alliance, ESET has informed Google about the resu…
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