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Title: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 3 active at the moment! Post by: Rikafip on January 10, 2021, 09:48:49 AM Since almost every popular crypto wallet has its fake version on Google Play, I decided to make this list in order to make it easier for everyone to report them, going with the logic that if more of us report the fake app Google might react faster and remove them, making less people loose money.
This list will be constantly updated so please report all cases in which app is still available on Google Play. I plan to check current status very often, so in case you see wallet status is marked as "active" please report them. It will only take a minute of your time and it might save someone from making a huge mistake. To make reporting easier I also provided direct link to the app, just please make sure not to download the app. Important: Always download apps directly from developers website!
Title: Re: Fake wallets on Google Play Post by: Rikafip on January 10, 2021, 09:49:03 AM Reserved
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Title: Re: Fake Atomic wallet Post by: Rikafip on January 11, 2021, 06:59:52 AM One more fake wallet appeared on Google Play, and this time it's Atomic. I honestly never used that one, but since it's often used by scammers I guess it is pretty popular among android users. App was released last week but it's already full of fake reviews. I contacted Atomic via Telegram, asking them to report the fake app directly and share the warning for their users, but somehow I doubt that they will do the latter.
Please report the app, it will only take a minute of your time as it might save someone, and remember to always download the apps directly from developers website! Real wallet Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.atomicwallet Fake wallet Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.valades.cobetane Title: Re: Fake wallets on Google Play Post by: ShowOff on January 11, 2021, 08:31:19 PM The increase in the number of fake wallet apps from 2020 to now on Google Play should be a strong warning to anyone involved in the world of cryptocurrency. We all have the potential to suffer losses if we are not careful in installing this wallet application. The increase in the price of bitcoin has prompted scammer to carry out their duties in various ways including creating fake wallet application.
My little advice to the OP, I think you should enter the original app download link for every fake wallet you find and have reported in the thread without having to enter the code so that users can easily reach the site and download the app. Only the fake wallet download link should be disabled. My mean: Original wallet download link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.atomicwallet Fake wallet download link: Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.valades.cobetane By the way, the best idea right now to prevent people from getting into trouble with the fake wallet in circulation is to report it for deletion by the google team. Only a small task will be of significant use to any cryptocurrency user. I agree with you. Title: Re: Fake wallets on Google Play Post by: akirasendo17 on January 12, 2021, 04:22:56 AM This is why I don't use mobile app for my crypto wallet not only that it's risky because of this fake wallet but once your phone lost or got stolen, you might also lose your funds or holdings, also because of apps that are sometimes injecting something for backdoor access to your phone, I'm am more on desktop wallets and or hardware wallets.
Title: Re: Fake wallets on Google Play Post by: RabbiTANK on January 12, 2021, 06:41:52 AM Google team are so irresponsible, this is not the first time that the listed fake wallets on playstore have been reported, last year many exposed these wallets and google team did nothing about them, to all google playstore users I want you to know that you are on your own, make sure you stop downloading crypto apps from playstore, this is the only way to solve this issue right now
Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play (constantly updated) Post by: Porfirii on January 12, 2021, 07:13:10 PM As a total newbie in this topic (I use a couple mobile wallets since ages and I haven't researched the field since then), first of all, thanks for the warning, I hope you help many beginners who read this first; but as an iPhone user, are there fake wallets too in Apple's App Store? Someone could assume that there aren't, as you are talking here just about Google, and how badly they manage their store.
I think that it is not impossible but it is harder for iOS as they keep higher standards for the Apps to get accepted; but this is just a subjective opinion, I would like to hear it from someone who knows more than me on the topic (as i stated, I am still a newbie ::)). Thanks in advance for the answer, and thanks again to Rikafip for the OP's warning. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play (constantly updated) Post by: jademaxsuy on January 12, 2021, 10:43:03 PM Nice thread OP, this fake wallets are still there and beginners and help section is just a small section for the bitcoiners to notice. We may not fa into it but there are really bitcoiners that fall into this phishing wallet app and a simple download of those fake wallet could be mean loses of possible thousanda of bitcoins depending on the users capability to owning bitcoin at the time he uses the fake wallets. Hopefully, this will be seen to all though B&H again is a small section. Is it allowed to post the same topic and content to another board or section?
Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play (constantly updated) Post by: eucalyptus on January 12, 2021, 10:53:42 PM Important: Always download apps directly from developers website! Very good thread by OP. That's what we should do when we want to download a wallet. There are many new investors in the market and they are not aware of these kid of scams. Personally, I use iPhone and in AppStore there are not so many fake and shitty apps. I have never faced with a problem like that and I hope nobody loses their money because of these kind of scams. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play (constantly updated) Post by: Cadaver20 on January 13, 2021, 03:57:48 AM This is a very good initiative. This list must play an important role to warn us all. But there are more fake wallet on google playstore. You should add it on this topic. I think following topic will help you.
[Warning] List of fake wallets/apps on Google Play. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5298774.0) Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play (constantly updated) Post by: Rikafip on January 13, 2021, 08:12:28 AM As a total newbie in this topic (I use a couple mobile wallets since ages and I haven't researched the field since then), first of all, thanks for the warning, I hope you help many beginners who read this first; but as an iPhone user, are there fake wallets too in Apple's App Store? While making this list, out of curiosity I also checked iOS App store as I wanted to see situation there, and I found only one case of a suspicious app that could be a fake wallet, but I wasn't 100% sure. I will occasionally check iOS and might update this list with those apps as well, if needed.I think that it is not impossible but it is harder for iOS as they keep higher standards for the Apps to get accepted; but this is just a subjective opinion, I would like to hear it from someone who knows more than me on the topic (as i stated, I am still a newbie ::)). That's true, chances of fake wallet appearing on iOS are significantly lower than on Google Play, but it can still happen of course. No system is infallible and mistakes are bound to happen, but with Google it can't be call an exception or anomaly when they have at least 13 fake wallets at the moment. Worst of all, it usually takes them couple of weeks to remove those fake apps.Important: Always download apps directly from developers website! Personally, I use iPhone and in AppStore there are not so many fake and shitty apps. I have never faced with a problem like that and I hope nobody loses their money because of these kind of scams.But there are more fake wallet on google playstore. You should add it on this topic. I think following topic will help you. All those reported fake wallets are already removed from Google Play, that's why they weren't included as I see no point adding them retroactively and cluttering the list if apps were removed months or maybe a year ago. I only included reports of the apps that were still available while making this topic. In case i missed some report and app is still available, pleasen mention it here and it will be updated asap.[Warning] List of fake wallets/apps on Google Play. (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5298774.0) Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play (constantly updated) Post by: Alucard1 on January 13, 2021, 08:35:07 AM Yeah, there is so many fake crypto application that we can see in Google play store, I am hoping that they will do something about this thing because there are so many newbies in the world of crypto that may become a victim from this kind of scams. Always be careful about downloading any apps even those not related to the crypto wallet because installing a fake application may lead your money at risk
Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play (constantly updated) Post by: Taskford on January 13, 2021, 09:28:02 AM Yeah, there is so many fake crypto application that we can see in Google play store, I am hoping that they will do something about this thing because there are so many newbies in the world of crypto that may become a victim from this kind of scams. Always be careful about downloading any apps even those not related to the crypto wallet because installing a fake application may lead your money at risk Don't know why google let this kind of apps listed on them maybe they didn't do any verification before they add an apps to their store and its really dangerous for newbies if they pick the wrong app since they might lose everything they have. That's why I suggest everybody to report since maybe this one could help them erase the fake apps. And we should not really download a apps everywhere since there's many incident of phising attack happens and its a huge mess for us if we became a victim of this kind of antics again. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play (constantly updated) Post by: sky110 on January 13, 2021, 09:36:25 AM crazy could not it be banned?
Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play (constantly updated) Post by: hugeblack on January 13, 2021, 10:38:02 AM Most of the links I have clicked have been deleted, so you can adjust the status in the table.
Unfortunately, continuing to update such lists means that we fight in the dark and thus scammers are one step ahead of us, it is better to teach beginners how to download the wallet from a trusted site (verify the authenticity of the signature,) report scam wallets, and thus we have added more strengths. The bright side is that most of these fake wallets contain less than 10 downloads. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play (constantly updated) Post by: Rikafip on January 13, 2021, 11:06:53 AM Most of the links I have clicked have been deleted, so you can adjust the status in the table. If you try to access the fake wallets link via android mobile phone you will see that they are still there. For some reason few links are not working when accessing through PC.Unfortunately, continuing to update such lists means that we fight in the dark and thus scammers are one step ahead of us, it is better to teach beginners how to download the wallet from a trusted site (verify the authenticity of the signature,) report scam wallets, and thus we have added more strengths. That's why I mentioned in the first post that wallets should be downloaded primarily via developers website. But the fact is that majority of people are not doing that, so those that can see the list can help and report the apps and spread the awareness. The more of us report, better the chances that Google will remove them in the reasonable timeframe, or at least I like to think that. Fighting scammers will always be a whack-a-mole game, that's how it is.The bright side is that most of these fake wallets contain less than 10 downloads. From what I could see, all but 2 have over 100, while 2 Jaxx wallets have more than 5,000 downloads. And basically all of them have fake reviews.Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play (constantly updated) Post by: Porfirii on January 13, 2021, 11:09:54 AM As a total newbie in this topic (I use a couple mobile wallets since ages and I haven't researched the field since then), first of all, thanks for the warning, I hope you help many beginners who read this first; but as an iPhone user, are there fake wallets too in Apple's App Store? While making this list, out of curiosity I also checked iOS App store as I wanted to see situation there, and I found only one case of a suspicious app that could be a fake wallet, but I wasn't 100% sure. I will occasionally check iOS and might update this list with those apps as well, if needed.Thank you Rikafip, understood: much safer for now, but not infallible. I suppose it's better to be safe than sorry: I'll be cautious the next time I need to install a new wallet on my device. I think that it is not impossible but it is harder for iOS as they keep higher standards for the Apps to get accepted; but this is just a subjective opinion, I would like to hear it from someone who knows more than me on the topic (as i stated, I am still a newbie ::)). That's true, chances of fake wallet appearing on iOS are significantly lower than on Google Play, but it can still happen of course. No system is infallible and mistakes are bound to happen, but with Google it can't be call an exception or anomaly when they have at least 13 fake wallets at the moment. Worst of all, it usually takes them couple of weeks to remove those fake apps.Keep up with the good work :) let us know how we can help, maybe opening reports for those apps, or maybe you have different, better ideas instead. The more we are, the better, I hope. Edit: it seems that we have had good luck with fast removals this time. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play (constantly updated) Post by: masulum on January 13, 2021, 10:36:33 PM Thank you Rikafip, understood: much safer for now, but not infallible. I suppose it's better to be safe than sorry: I'll be cautious the next time I need to install a new wallet on my device. The easy ways to install any wallets and to prevent you are installing fake wallet by visiting their website. All companies will give a link to download their official apps from their website, so you will be safe to install. When I'm not sure to install any apps, I always open the sites, just need to spent a minutes to make sure we are using real appsTitle: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play (constantly updated) Post by: Dave1 on January 15, 2021, 11:39:29 PM You may want to add this to your list:
Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.kodular.yassine_benajem99.MyEtherWallet https://talkimg.com/images/2023/11/18/FNrVa.png and Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.kodular.yassine_benajem99.Trust_Wallet https://talkimg.com/images/2023/11/18/FN1po.png from the same author Code: kc0345822@gmail.com Title: Re: Fake TRX wallet Post by: Rikafip on January 16, 2021, 09:47:34 AM You may want to add this to your list: Thank you for reporting, fake wallets have been added to the list.Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.kodular.yassine_benajem99.MyEtherWallet Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.kodular.yassine_benajem99.Trust_Wallet One more fake wallet appeared on Google Play, this time its fake TRX wallet. Wallet has been uploaded 2 weeks ago and it already has more than 1,000 downloads. Hopefully no one entered their seed phrase, as that would mean they lost everything they had. Fake TRX wallet Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.eng.devods.tronwallet Real TRX wallet Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=trx.org.freewallet.app Reminder: always download wallets directly from developers website! Title: Re: Fake Exodus Wallets Post by: Rikafip on January 18, 2021, 04:51:17 PM Another fake Mew wallet has been added to the list
@Rikafip, I would also like to report a fake MEW on Google Play. The wrong spelling was the flag that this is fake. Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.speidkslz.elpatrosmpablosxw Two more fake Exodus wallets appeared on Google Play, so now there are at least 20 fake wallets available. Some of them are there for more than a month now, and still no signs that they will be removed anytime soon. Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.myexod2.coom] Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.exdswallc.coom Please spare few minutes of your time and report those fake wallets and remember to download apps only using developer's website! Title: Re: Fake SafePal Wallet Post by: Kong Hey Pakboy on January 19, 2021, 02:40:39 PM Since SafePal is prevalent in social media like Twitter because of its airdrop and free giveaways. Someone also created a fake SafePal wallet on Google Play Store, so watch out for Fake Applications and Scam Telegram Groups. However, its phony application is already removed on PlayStore, but we still need to be careful with this kind of scheme.
https://twitter.com/iSafePal/status/1349147361109364738 https://i.imgur.com/sDYJ6Ui.png Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 20 active at the moment! Post by: mike2077 on January 19, 2021, 03:13:48 PM How it is even possible that they allowed to be in a store?
Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 20 active at the moment! Post by: DdmrDdmr on January 19, 2021, 03:53:04 PM <...> According to their Developer Distribution Agreement:Quote 8.3 Google does not undertake an obligation to monitor the Products or their content. If Google becomes aware and determines in its sole discretion that a Product or any portion thereof (a) violates any applicable law; (b) violates this Agreement, applicable policies, or other terms of service, as may be updated by Google from time to time; (c) violates terms of distribution agreements with device manufacturers and Authorized Providers; or (d) creates potential liability for, or may have an adverse impact on, Google or Authorized Providers (for example, if a Product has an adverse economic, reputational or security-related impact); then Google may reject, remove, suspend, limit the visibility of a Product on Google Play, or reclassify the Product from Google Play or from Devices. Google reserves the right to suspend and/or bar any Product and/or Developer from Google Play or from Devices as described in this Section. If Your Product contains elements that could cause serious harm to user devices or data, Google reserves the right to disable the Product or remove it from Devices on which it has been installed. If Your Product is rejected, removed, or suspended from Google Play or from Devices pursuant to this Section 8.3, then Google may withhold payments due to Developer. https://play.google.com/intl/ALL_uk/about/developer-distribution-agreement.htmlAnd their Content Policy: Quote We don’t allow apps that mislead users by impersonating someone else (e.g. another developer, company, entity) or another app. Don’t imply that your app is related to or authorized by someone that it isn’t. Be careful not to use app icons, descriptions, titles, or in-app elements that could mislead users about your app’s relationship to someone else or another app. https://play.google.com/intl/en-GB/about/developer-content-policy/It seems that they rely pretty much on the above wording to shield themselves from responsibility of product impersonation such as wallet malware clones, and leave it largely to the community to detect and report these cases. Of course, this seems insufficient, and one could imagine a few more procedures that can be set into motion to mitigate these sort of events from happening so easily. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 9 active at the moment! Post by: Baofeng on January 25, 2021, 09:16:27 PM If this fake Mycelium wallet been reported or listed already? If not, then kindly add it @Rikafip, thanks for this thread. Archived here. (https://archive.is/iBSde)
Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myceliumwallet.smart https://i.imgur.com/u5mZlXV.png Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 9 active at the moment! Post by: Rikafip on January 26, 2021, 08:21:27 AM If this fake Mycelium wallet been reported or listed already? If not, then kindly add it @Rikafip, thanks for this thread. Archived here. (https://archive.is/iBSde) There is already one fake Mycelium wallet on the list, but the one you discovered is different so I added it to the list and reported.Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.myceliumwallet.smart Two more fake wallets have been identified being available on Google Play. Fake Atomic wallet Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.myatomwall.starcoomter Fake Jaxx Liberty wallet Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.linkstore.ss.jaxx 14 fake wallets have been removed by Google in the last couple of days, so at least there is some good news. Their reaction could still be faster though as in a couple of weeks (which is their average response times) chances are good that someone will download the app, enter seed phrase and loose all the money. Please report three newly added fake wallets; it will only take a minute of your time and it might save someone. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 9 active at the moment! Post by: RabbiTANK on January 26, 2021, 08:24:36 AM Hmmm, so google playstore team are not removing those fake apps? Finally, that's good to hear, I guess we can only keep fishing the out ourselves and report to the team, I believe they can't do this themselves since they can't even tell the difference
Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 9 active at the moment! Post by: AAPPKK on January 26, 2021, 10:02:55 AM Without some kind of management, the problem of fake wallets will be more serious
Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 9 active at the moment! Post by: Yamifoud on January 26, 2021, 10:09:11 AM As I check almost every day and searching crypto wallets, it was a surprise a lot of options will appear. Even BTC and ETH have no escape from this.
For the growing numbers of fake wallet apps, it should be the time for google play store to regulate it and to know which one is fake or legit. And they should have to removed ASAP or not, even to tag as fake/trusted. I'm in consideration with the comments but as we know that some feedbacks been paid and manipulated, that seems not safe by then. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 9 active at the moment! Post by: playyamy on January 27, 2021, 02:10:47 AM These things can have a big impact on novices
Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 9 active at the moment! Post by: Serious475 on January 28, 2021, 03:43:24 PM Hello Rikafip I want to add on the list some of the fake wallets I found.
Fake electrum (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5297406.msg55764799#msg55764799) [Fake wallet] Coinbase wallet application (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5312313.msg56188731#msg56188731) Hopefully, you will notice this. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 9 active at the moment! Post by: Rikafip on January 28, 2021, 08:46:50 PM Hello Rikafip I want to add on the list some of the fake wallets I found. This fake Electrum wallet seems to be already removed so there is no point adding it now.Fake electrum (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5297406.msg55764799#msg55764799) [Fake wallet] Coinbase wallet application (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5312313.msg56188731#msg56188731) One of the reported fake Coinbase wallets is already removed so won't be added but the other one is still available so that on goes on the list!Google removed four fake wallets in the last day or two, so with this newly identified fake Coinbase wallet there are overall 6 active at the moment. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 20 active at the moment! Post by: Harlot on January 28, 2021, 10:07:20 PM How it is even possible that they allowed to be in a store? Google is notorious for not screening any kind of applications and content on their products from their own app store, Youtube, and their search engine you will see a bunch of malware, phishing sites, and other scams which will make you definitely see at least one especially with their SEO. What's the sad thing about this is they rely on their own customer feedback before they will bring down an app which is one of the worst prevention techniques done by any content providers out there. Literally anyone can upload an app in Google playstore and they won't have any kind of good screening process in it so there is a big chance that they will just re-upload their phishing apps. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 20 active at the moment! Post by: Rikafip on January 29, 2021, 08:20:06 AM Literally anyone can upload an app in Google playstore and they won't have any kind of good screening process in it so there is a big chance that they will just re-upload their phishing apps. It's true that Google sucks in that regard and that there is a lot of room for improvement but I don't think that they don't check apps at all. Problem is that they don't manually check each and every app made by a new developer. Or at least to manually check an app if there is already similarly named on available on Google Play. I do like to think that they still block certain amount of phishing attempts, no matter how sucky and fallible their screening process is. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 6 active at the moment! Post by: Baofeng on January 29, 2021, 09:32:26 AM This one looks suspicious to me, recently uploaded last January 18.
https://i.imgur.com/E8X8bjh.png Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dash.electrum.electrum_dash So I did try to confirm in their official ANN thread if it is fake or not, And I got two response saying that it could be fake. Response 1:here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?opic=421615.msg56215818#msg56215818) Response 2:here (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=421615.msg56216855#msg56216855) So I reported it as well. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 20 active at the moment! Post by: Taskford on January 29, 2021, 12:57:52 PM Literally anyone can upload an app in Google playstore and they won't have any kind of good screening process in it so there is a big chance that they will just re-upload their phishing apps. It's true that Google sucks in that regard and that there is a lot of room for improvement but I don't think that they don't check apps at all. Problem is that they don't manually check each and every app made by a new developer. Or at least to manually check an app if there is already similarly named on available on Google Play. I do like to think that they still block certain amount of phishing attempts, no matter how sucky and fallible their screening process is. There's many fakes recently so I think google should implement a strict listing on their platform since those phising site is so alerting and if they control the apps to be listed for sure phising apps will decrease and provably have possibilities gone on their platform. As of now since they are allowing it since maybe they don't really look on what type of apps has been listed maybe a simple report might give a big help since for sure if those one will get reported the dev will find ways to eliminate those dangerous apps. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 6 active at the moment! Post by: Rikafip on January 29, 2021, 10:17:36 PM This one looks suspicious to me, recently uploaded last January 18. Someone in the DASH announcement thread checked it with the team and it seems like DashElectrum wallet is legit after all. Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.dash.electrum.electrum_dash I checked with the DASH team. The app is good. No worries. :) The app is from an external developer, funded by the DASH decentralized budget: https://www.dashcentral.org/p/DashElectrumJan2021 They will improve in the image of the app announcement to avoid further confusion. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 6 active at the moment! Post by: gadado on January 31, 2021, 08:31:46 PM I do wonder how they manage to get such wallets officially in the playstore. Doesn't that require a very official procedure?
Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 6 active at the moment! Post by: The Sceptical Chymist on January 31, 2021, 09:07:52 PM Nicely done on this list, OP. I have no doubt there are complete newbies to bitcoin who'll get scammed by these fake wallets--and I'm assuming that's why they were created in the first place. If you're new and don't know what you're looking for (or looking at), it's nearly impossible to tell if something is genuine in the Google Play store unless someone's already dropped a warning feedback or something.
As bitcoin keeps going up, we're going to start seeing more of these creative scamming methods. This is the aspect of cryptocurrency that I detest: the space is full of dishonest people and outright scammers. I do wonder how they manage to get such wallets officially in the playstore. Doesn't that require a very official procedure? Apparently not if they're getting them listed. And yeah, you'd think Google would do some due diligence on the apps they distribute, but obviously it's not much if any at all.Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 6 active at the moment! Post by: Rikafip on January 31, 2021, 09:17:51 PM I do wonder how they manage to get such wallets officially in the playstore. Doesn't that require a very official procedure? While Google probably checks some of the submitted apps manually, huge majority of verifications are done automatically and that system obviously can't detect fake apps efficiently. Add on that it costs only $25 to submit an app on Play Store so no wonder that is swarmed with fake versions of popular crypto wallets. They covered their ass with TOS in which is stated that they are not responsible for any damage caused by apps not developed by them so why spend more money to make platform safer? :pOn the other hand, Apple is doing much better job when it comes to detection of fake apps; verification is longer therefore more thorough and app submission cost is higher (you have to pay $99 to be part of Apple Developer Program in order to be able submitting apps) so its not a popular choice for scammers. If you're new and don't know what you're looking for (or looking at), it's nearly impossible to tell if something is genuine in the Google Play store unless someone's already dropped a warning feedback or something. Yep, they are perfectly aware of the constant influx of complete newbs and that's their target audience. Huge majority of those people are used to getting all their apps through Play Store so they won't think twice whether crypto wallet is legit or not. Worst of all, looks like Google doesn't care much about the issue at all as problem is not new and it keeps escalating.Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 3 active at the moment! Post by: Rikafip on February 02, 2021, 11:36:52 AM Four fake wallets have been removed from Google Play and another fake Jaxx wallet showed up so there are currently at least 3 fake wallets active. Regarding this newly discovered Jaxx, if we are to believe app reviews some people unfortunately fell for this scam and lost the money.
Please take a minute of your time to report those three apps that are still available as they may get removed faster and save someone from loosing hard earned money. Fake Jaxx wallet Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jaxxliberty.tech Title: Re: Fake Atomic wallet Post by: Rikafip on February 22, 2021, 04:16:50 PM The last three wallets that were still available on Google play have been removed (Mycelium, Jaxx Liberty and Coinbase) and marked appropriately, but we didn;t have to wait long for another fake wallet to appear, this time Atomic.
Wallet has been created two weeks ago and luckily doesn't have too many downloads and it seems like they didn't hire someone to write fake reviews. Please take a minute of your time to report the app, as it may make Google to remove app faster and save somoene from loosing his hard earned money. Link to the fake wallet Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=wallet.btceth.atomic Title: Re: Fake Atomic wallet Post by: TalkStar on February 22, 2021, 05:54:13 PM The last three wallets that were still available on Google play have been removed (Mycelium, Jaxx Liberty and Coinbase) and marked appropriately, but we didn;t have to wait long for another fake wallet to appear, this time Atomic. After not getting enough results from phishing websites these scammers are now using google play store to attract newbies. Honestly its hard to stop them where we can only help new crypto users by detecting this type of fake wallet app. Its not like that only they are making fake reviews to make everyone believe that its a real app and delivering honest services but i have also seen some ecommerce app who are using fake reviews to increase their downloads. Wallet has been created two weeks ago and luckily doesn't have too many downloads and it seems like they didn't hire someone to write fake reviews. Please take a minute of your time to report the app, as it may make Google to remove app faster and save somoene from loosing his hard earned money. Link to the fake wallet Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=wallet.btceth.atomic Thanks for creating a separate topic and giving continuous update about app removal. I am gonna submit a report from my end and hopefully playstore authority will take appropriate action. Title: Re: Fake Atomic wallet Post by: Rikafip on February 23, 2021, 07:52:02 PM After not getting enough results from phishing websites these scammers are now using google play store to attract newbies. Honestly its hard to stop them where we can only help new crypto users by detecting this type of fake wallet app. Its not like that only they are making fake reviews to make everyone believe that its a real app and delivering honest services but i have also seen some ecommerce app who are using fake reviews to increase their downloads. When you see how cheap is to publish an app on Google Play (approximately 25 USD) and how relaxed Google is when it comes to checking the submitted apps I am surprised that there are no even more of those fake app wallets than there are now. Since I started tracking them few months ago, this is the best situation so far with only one active wallet (that I was able to identify, there might be more) while there were period when there were eight or nine of them at the same time. But nothing we can do about it other than reporting it to Google and hoping that they will be removed in the reasonable time frame. Title: Fake Exodus wallet Post by: Rikafip on February 27, 2021, 11:13:17 AM One more fake wallet appeared on Google Play, this time it's a fake version of a very popular Exodus wallet. App has been uploaded two weeks ago and it already has more than 1,000 downloads. Hopefully no one shared their private key because if they did, they certainly lost everything they had
Fake app link Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.xoduscrypt.com Few users posted warning, but please report app too. It will only take a few seconds and might save someone. https://i.postimg.cc/dQN1z0dv/fake.jpg Title: Two fake Exodus wallets on Google Play Post by: Rikafip on March 05, 2021, 07:42:13 AM Fake Exodus wallet that was reported a week ago has been removed , but two fake Exodus wallets showed on on Google Play. It is basically a whack-a-mole game with these ake apps, but I think that it is worth reporting them nevertheless. Less time they spend on Google Play, less chance for someone to fall for this scam attempt so please report those two new wallets, it will only take a few seconds of your time.
Fake Exodus wallet 1 Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stexosll.walle Fake Exodus wallet 2 Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dusttp.exwalle Title: Re: Two fake Exodus wallets on Google Play Post by: aioc on March 06, 2021, 02:25:58 AM Fake Exodus wallet that was reported a week ago has been removed , but two fake Exodus wallets showed on on Google Play. It is basically a whack-a-mole game with these ake apps, but I think that it is worth reporting them nevertheless. Less time they spend on Google Play, less chance for someone to fall for this scam attempt so please report those two new wallets, it will only take a few seconds of your time. Fake Exodus wallet 1 Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.stexosll.walle Fake Exodus wallet 2 Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dusttp.exwalle Wow if there are no active people reporting these fake apps, newbies will fall on this and they will blame the Cryptocurrency for lack of security measures, the same scammers are doing it over and over again because they know that Google play is where newbies are looking to store their coins, Google should implement strict measures when it comes to accepting Cryptocurrency wallet. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 2 active at the moment! Post by: cryptomaniac_xxx on March 06, 2021, 03:33:16 AM @Rikafip, I'm not really sure if this has been spotted, but I just check Google Play and another Fake Exodus with no download/s yet:
Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Exodas.wall.us https://i.imgur.com/SnXHib4.png Archived: https://archive.is/EyHsU Reported it already. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 2 active at the moment! Post by: Rikafip on March 06, 2021, 09:12:47 PM @Rikafip, I'm not really sure if this has been spotted, but I just check Google Play and another Fake Exodus with no download/s yet: Nope, that fake Exodus wallet hasn't been spotted here for now so I added it to the list, and of course reported it too. When I look at the list of so far reported wallets, basically 1/3 is Exodus. I don't know why is Exodus such a go-to wallet among scammers, do people really use it that much so scammers are going for the most popular android wallet? I personally never used it, and neither did any of my friends I really had no idea that Exodus is that popular. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 2 active at the moment! Post by: cryptomaniac_xxx on March 07, 2021, 09:31:21 AM @Rikafip, I'm not really sure if this has been spotted, but I just check Google Play and another Fake Exodus with no download/s yet: Nope, that fake Exodus wallet hasn't been spotted here for now so I added it to the list, and of course reported it too. When I look at the list of so far reported wallets, basically 1/3 is Exodus. I don't know why is Exodus such a go-to wallet among scammers, do people really use it that much so scammers are going for the most popular android wallet? I personally never used it, and neither did any of my friends I really had no idea that Exodus is that popular. Here is a new one: Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iwallete.allets https://i.imgur.com/eJurExf.png Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 2 active at the moment! Post by: TalkStar on March 07, 2021, 02:40:36 PM Nope, that fake Exodus wallet hasn't been spotted here for now so I added it to the list, and of course reported it too. I have seen multiple websites phishing sites who were spreading lies by using the name "Exodus". You will get a good number of exodus based fake telegram channels where these scammers continuously add people from other groups. Having multiple fake Exodus wallet in Playstore indicate that scammers are still making money by using this and a good number of crypto users have knowledge about exodus. When I look at the list of so far reported wallets, basically 1/3 is Exodus. I don't know why is Exodus such a go-to wallet among scammers, do people really use it that much so scammers are going for the most popular android wallet? I personally never used it, and neither did any of my friends I really had no idea that Exodus is that popular. Note: I ham gonna submit report against this fake app and hopefully Playstore authority will take appropriate action. . Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 2 active at the moment! Post by: Rikafip on March 07, 2021, 08:40:49 PM Only reason I can think of is that it is a multi-currency wallet, so not just bitcoin but newbies will download it for other altcoins as well. So it's going to be a favorite wallet when you are a beginner (used it when I was just starting, I have to admit, but when I learned about wallets I totally dodge it). Yeah that makes sense, that scammers target those multicurrency wallets simply because they can reach more people that way, and if they make fake myetherwallet or electrum for example, less people will be interested. One thing that also might make Exodus popular target is the fact that Exodus developers are not so much fussed about fake wallets with their name, at least that was my experience when i contacted them on several occasions. Then again, since it only costs ~25 USD to upload your application on Google play, no wonder we get all sorts of fake wallets there, including those that are not very popular. Here is a new one: Thanks, I've added it to the list and reported to Google. Hopefully others will do the same.Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.iwallete.allets Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 3 active at the moment! Post by: jerry0 on March 07, 2021, 08:57:25 PM What about IOS?
Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 3 active at the moment! Post by: Rikafip on March 07, 2021, 09:24:38 PM What about IOS? Last time I checked few weeks ago I couldn't find any fake wallet available in Apple store. Generally, it is much harder for scammers to get app there simply because Apple is much more strict and demanding than Google is, so I guess scammers are reluctant to even try. Another thing that might discourage them is the fact that to even submit an app on Apple store for verification you have to pay $100, which is 4x the fee Google has. Add on that the fact that Android is more popular and you get the current situation.By the way, if you find any fake apps on Apple Store, feel free free to report it here (or anywhere else in this section) and I'll add it to the list. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 4 active at the moment! Post by: cryptomaniac_xxx on March 14, 2021, 04:04:55 AM @Rikafip
Another fake MEW, clever trick, didn't used the logo but still I think this is scam and fake MEW wallet: Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nowtips.copy https://i.imgur.com/8t7JHcd.png Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 4 active at the moment! Post by: Rikafip on March 14, 2021, 09:05:50 AM @Rikafip Yep, it is fake wallet, different logo doesn't mean that they are not fake. Just look at the screenshot below, on the left its the MEW wallet description that you shared and on the right side it's the original. They are obviously impersonating the original wallet, even claiming that its "Ethereum's original and most trusted wallet" while we know that's obviously not true and that they are lying.I reported the fake app and will be added to the list. Another fake MEW, clever trick, didn't used the logo but still I think this is scam and fake MEW wallet: Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nowtips.copy https://i.postimg.cc/sXy5czn9/fake-mew.png Good find by the way as this fake wallet has more than 10,000 downloads. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 4 active at the moment! Post by: $crypto$ on March 14, 2021, 04:26:58 PM @Rikafip
I found a fake SafePal wallet and the logo is almost the same, it's just different and the fake name is "Safepal Wallet" So I suspect it's a fake app with a size of 2MB. Safepal Fake: Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.safepalwal.safepal Safepal Real: Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.safepal.wallet Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 2 active at the moment! Post by: Rikafip on March 14, 2021, 09:51:59 PM @Rikafip Yeah, that's without a doubt another fake wallet. As you noticed app is way too small (compared to real one which is 29 MB meaning almost 15x bigger) and on top of that they have fake reviews+ they took app images for the real one. Thanks for reporting and hopefully it gets removed soon.I found a fake SafePal wallet and the logo is almost the same, it's just different and the fake name is "Safepal Wallet" So I suspect it's a fake app with a size of 2MB. The list has been updated with the two new findings today and four previously reported Exodus wallets has been marked as "removed" so for now here are at least two active fake wallets on Google Play. Title: 3 fake wallets on Google Play Post by: Rikafip on March 21, 2021, 08:10:32 PM While doing regular check up, I stumbled upon three new fake wallets that appeared on Google Play; two Atomic and one Exodus, making it total of five currently being active. Please take a minute of your time and report those. as it might save someone from loosing everything.
Fake Atomic wallet 1 Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=atomicbeta.wallet.btc.eth Fake Atomic wallet 2 Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.atomic.wall.atomic Fake Exodus wallet Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.swalls.exTdu Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 5 active at the moment! Post by: sempak on March 22, 2021, 10:18:35 PM Every time I wonder how it is possible that such fake wallets are allowed in the playstore. I thought they had very strict admission requirements and that you don't just get into that with software. But apparently it works. Kind of a big bug actually.
Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 5 active at the moment! Post by: Rikafip on March 23, 2021, 11:09:10 AM Every time I wonder how it is possible that such fake wallets are allowed in the playstore. I thought they had very strict admission requirements and that you don't just get into that with software. But apparently it works. Kind of a big bug actually. It's not really a bug but more of a negligence. Google simply can't bother with this and doesn't want to check each app from a new developer manually but they rely on some kind of automatic system which as we can see doesn't work the best, and probably even cant be as good as if verification is done manually by a human.Google covered their ass with TOS stating that "they are not responsible for any damages caused by apps on their store that are not directly released by them" (or something along those lines) so there is that. On the other hand, Apple has much more user friendly approach and they do heck the apps thoroughly, making them much safer for a newbie/average user. With that being said, getting app directly from the developers website is still the safest way! Title: Re: 3 new fake wallets on Google Play Post by: Rikafip on March 31, 2021, 11:20:25 AM Three more fake Exodus wallets showed up on Google Play!
Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=homme.freewallet.com Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.setcriptos.exodev Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.odetes.exdetee This thread is mainly focused on android users as Google Play is more prone to scam wallets, but just a heads up for iOS users: Apple isn't infallible either and despite their strict screening process of new apps (at least stricter than Google) , fake apps can still be found there. Recently fake Trezor app appeared on Apple Store, and unfortunately one user, while not knowing that Trezor doesn't even have a mobile app, used it to store 17.1 BTC, which of course he lost in the end as app was obviously fake. Quote from: https://cointelegraph.com/news/iphone-user-blames-apple-for-600k-bitcoin-theft-via-fake-app Christodoulou went on the App Store last month to search for a mobile Trezor app to check his Bitcoin balance via phone. Unaware that Trezor does not currently provide an iOS app, Christodoulou downloaded a doppelgänger Trezor application that boasted close to five stars, giving the impression that it was indeed an official app. After entering his seed phrase, Christodoulou said that his savings of 17.1 BTC were stolen. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 9 active at the moment! Post by: cryptomaniac_xxx on April 14, 2021, 02:32:42 PM @Rikafip - another fake Exodus on Google play
Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.selfokamalik.jeboulaki https://i.imgur.com/moQz5Ps.png Archived: https://archive.is/xuQ5U fake atomic wallet Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ato.micwallet.inc https://i.imgur.com/3sXya8C.png Archived: https://archive.is/lfSyQ Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 9 active at the moment! Post by: Rikafip on April 14, 2021, 07:37:15 PM @Rikafip - another fake Exodus on Google play Thanks for letting us know! The list has been updated with your finding, and after checking out those 9 previously active fake wallets it looks like Google managed to remove all of them. At the moment there is only one active, and even after i did some checking I didn't find any others on Google Play. Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.selfokamalik.jeboulaki I do hope that they started checking app submission more thorough and this is not just a temporary situation after which we gonna see again ~10 fake wallets available. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 9 active at the moment! Post by: jerry0 on April 15, 2021, 06:55:29 AM So i use google play store on my chromebook. I use iphone for phone.
But is it possible to download apps where it could be like a video game or something and then it is some malicious software? Someone mentioned the case where someone downloaded what they thought was trezor on their iphone but the creators of the app put a legit app first... then once it cleared apple... they made it into a fake wallet etc. Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 9 active at the moment! Post by: cryptomaniac_xxx on April 28, 2021, 10:00:28 AM @Rikafip - we have 2 fake Connect wallet apps in Google Play,
https://i.imgur.com/nvtbVwR.png Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.djADDSu.vsDDux I can't find the real apps though, but from the looks of it, they don't have any official apps https://walletconnect.org/ @Baofeng also maintained this thread, {Warning} Fake WalletConnect clone site (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5309377.0) Title: Re: List of fake wallets on Google Play, 9 active at the moment! Post by: Rikafip on April 30, 2021, 08:39:42 AM But is it possible to download apps where it could be like a video game or something and then it is some malicious software? @Rikafip - we have 2 fake Connect wallet apps in Google Play, First sorry, for the late reply, despite telegram bot notification I completely missed your post. Those two fake wallets have been added to the list and of course reported to Google!Code: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.djADDSu.vsDDux |
