IPHONE & ANDROID USERS NEEDS TO BE EXTREMELY CAREFULL

[Kvalentine]

For those who are using iPhone and androids be careful ,their are some crypto mobile wallets on store that aren't popular or well knowned ,please do not use them ,some of this apps have keyloggers pre installed ,they will easily steal your backup phrase

Especially those named 'bitcoin wallet' like in the picture below, they are well rated and they are in different colors



Head to playstore or iOS store and type in just 'bitcoin wallet' you will see many fake bitcoin wallets popping up ,go for popular mobile wallets like coinomi ,trust ,enjin ,mycelium ,coinbase ,bitpay ,copay,bread ,jaxx or atomic wallet.

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[jazmuzika217]

Thank you for a good information. For me I will not try new app in using crypto online wallet. I will go always at the proven and tested wallet that many crypto users that already used from yhe start that crypto industry are not so popular and famous like what we have on the present market situation. Be carefull every one we need to secure our investment don't be attract on the marketing strategies that they always do to make some illegal activity like scam and fraud

[sufferer123]

Never download any apps from your devices which you dont know exactly. And android users will be more careful because some legal apps has back doors and hackers use it.

[TropicalDog]

It is always better to stay away from mobile wallets, IMO. Before mobile devices and mobile wallets are weaker, and more vulnerable than desktop wallets. However, if someone have need to bring their coins around to do their business stuffs, they can store part of their funds in mobile wallets. yes, just enough funds to run their daily business. The main part of their funds should be kept out of mobile wallets and mobile devices.

[tranduong123]

As the market grows back, Scammers become more and more dangerous, We should only look for names that are highly valued instead of looking for wallet with Bitcoin names.

[bttmember]

Yeah it is really shocking to see so many phishing and fake type of wallets in all the app stores i do not know how they pass the filter of these stores, secondly there are increasing scammers everywhere online and we need to be very alert these days.

[bartolo]

If you find any scam wallet or you have suspicions about one, you should report it so it can be removed from the store, this is the best way to fight against this, no only not downloading those fake wallets but also reporting them. On the other hand, store managers should strengthen controls when it comes to crypto wallets.

[Greatchu]

Thanks for informing crypto mobile wallets users ,there are fake wallets on play store ,I've installed one in the past that have no backup phrase or private keys so I quickly uninstalled the app and scan my phone with good antivirus just to be sure I'm safe

[Reatim]

For those who are using iPhone and androids be careful ,their are some crypto mobile wallets on store that aren't popular or well knowned ,please do not use them ,some of this apps have keyloggers pre installed ,they will easily steal your backup phrase

Especially those named 'bitcoin wallet' like in the picture below, they are well rated and they are in different colors



Head to playstore or iOS store and type in just 'bitcoin wallet' you will see many fake bitcoin wallets popping up ,go for popular mobile wallets like coinomi ,trust ,enjin ,mycelium ,coinbase ,bitpay ,copay,bread ,jaxx or atomic wallet.

Thanks for this info mate it really helps a lot even that I never tried downloading any of them because I only used popular wallets to store my bitcoins and even the altcoin wallets I use are those trusted and being here for long

And aside from wallets also those exchange we use must be reliable because lots of them now are also scams and phishing sites

[jacafbiz]

I don't know why some people feel it is advisable to use their mobile phone for keeping their Cryptos, Android OS in particular is very venerable to attacks and with the coming bull run more of these wallets will keep poping up on their popular stores just to steal people's money

[bkbirge]

Use paper/pencil or other hardware air-gapped wallets. Crypto's gift of financial self determination also means you MUST be knowledgeable and practiced in basic security. The banks are not there to do it for you. Thanks for the warning on the apps.

[bitkanu]

I don't know why some people feel it is advisable to use their mobile phone for keeping their Cryptos, Android OS in particular is very venerable to attacks and with the coming bull run more of these wallets will keep poping up on their popular stores just to steal people's money

I too sometimes think that using mobile to save crypto is abig NO, too much possibility of losing and could cause such a huge blunder. Even using raspberry is a lot safer because you will not carry it everywhere and lost it.

[poodle63]

For those who are using iPhone and androids be careful ,their are some crypto mobile wallets on store that aren't popular or well knowned ,please do not use them ,some of this apps have keyloggers pre installed ,they will easily steal your backup phrase

Especially those named 'bitcoin wallet' like in the picture below, they are well rated and they are in different colors



Head to playstore or iOS store and type in just 'bitcoin wallet' you will see many fake bitcoin wallets popping up ,go for popular mobile wallets like coinomi ,trust ,enjin ,mycelium ,coinbase ,bitpay ,copay,bread ,jaxx or atomic wallet.

Thanks for your awareness and hundreds of wallet clone that used the stolen code but that fake wallet already added keylogger.
This is the big problem when the store can't maintain its store to be free from the clone apps. Playstore and appstore need a lot of improvement, especially for the security and code check. it's much better to use its official site to get the direct link to the app.

[Little Mouse]

Thank you for sharing the information. Other than authentic source, we must not use any crypto wallet. Electrum is an authentic wallet which can be found at their website as well.

[adekogbe]

This is very true.

Not all cryptocurrency wallets that is on playstore or apple store is secured and should be used to store cryptocurrencies. It is best to use the trusted wallets like coinomi, trust, enjin wallets. These are secure

Better still get an hardware wallet, that is the most secure and safest wallets to use.

[BADBITCH]

I use an Apple phone and I can boldly say it is nearly impossible to find a fake product on iOS store
Just as the blockchain secures several transactions, the Apple store or iOS stores safeguards every iOS users

Meanwhile, it is rather neat to stick to the most popular crypto currency wallet, to avoid stories that touch

[Prolifik]

For those who are using iPhone and androids be careful ,their are some crypto mobile wallets on store that aren't popular or well knowned ,please do not use them ,some of this apps have keyloggers pre installed ,they will easily steal your backup phrase

Especially those named 'bitcoin wallet' like in the picture below, they are well rated and they are in different colors



Head to playstore or iOS store and type in just 'bitcoin wallet' you will see many fake bitcoin wallets popping up ,go for popular mobile wallets like coinomi ,trust ,enjin ,mycelium ,coinbase ,bitpay ,copay,bread ,jaxx or atomic wallet.

Not used? 10 000 downloads for this scam? That is crazy.
Why Google play store do not check it? I thought they are responsible for all apps that are listed on Google play.

[airdropan]

installing wallet for mobile phone is really risk if that wallet isn't from official coin/token, even some of them required or asking you to put your private key to access your wallet. never risk your money for that.

[tsaroz]

There are many good and legit option yet people chose not to be aware of it and go with an scam wallet. There's nothing much we can do about them.
Firstly people should realize why they needs a wallet and choose the best one for them. Mycelium is a good option for mobile and coinbase if you want a web wallet.

[Olatunjex]

For those who are using iPhone and androids be careful ,their are some crypto mobile wallets on store that aren't popular or well knowned ,please do not use them ,some of this apps have keyloggers pre installed ,they will easily steal your backup phrase

Especially those named 'bitcoin wallet' like in the picture below, they are well rated and they are in different colors



Head to playstore or iOS store and type in just 'bitcoin wallet' you will see many fake bitcoin wallets popping up ,go for popular mobile wallets like coinomi ,trust ,enjin ,mycelium ,coinbase ,bitpay ,copay,bread ,jaxx or atomic wallet.

Ignorance a times has lead some people storing their asset on app wallet that are unpopular and safe, when it come to bitcoin the best place to store your asset is coinbase not most of the unknown apps who are looking for noobs to phish.

[martychubbs]

You have made a very good point. Not many people notice that and fall for the scams that are this easy yet very much effective. Many people think that how can a person fall for that, but eventually people do. It’s a very smart way for scammers to con others and hack their wallets for money. Thank you for this post and for making everyone aware.

[ccsang]

Thanks for the post, but store include fake cryptocurrency wallet is well known, cryptocurrency newbies always get scammed because they don't have any knowledge about that. From my side I don't think mobile wallet is a safe place to store our crypto assets, but hardware wallet is our first choice.

[Bang El]

For those who are using iPhone and androids be careful ,their are some crypto mobile wallets on store that aren't popular or well knowned ,please do not use them ,some of this apps have keyloggers pre installed ,they will easily steal your backup phrase

Especially those named 'bitcoin wallet' like in the picture below, they are well rated and they are in different colors



Head to playstore or iOS store and type in just 'bitcoin wallet' you will see many fake bitcoin wallets popping up ,go for popular mobile wallets like coinomi ,trust ,enjin ,mycelium ,coinbase ,bitpay ,copay,bread ,jaxx or atomic wallet.

it turns out that it is quite dangerous to download the lesser-known wallet application in the play store, thank you very much for helping me avoid the fake wallet application  which can harm users of the cryptocurrency wallet themselves,This at least with a little info reduces the risk of losing coins 

[MadeinCoin]

Thank you for the advice of the OP, indeed there are now many fake applications that resemble bitcoin wallets in the playstore or appstore. The application developers are targeting beginners who don't know anything, well it's better to download the bitcoin wallet through its official site, it's safer.

[J1mb0]

For those who are using iPhone and androids be careful ,their are some crypto mobile wallets on store that aren't popular or well knowned ,please do not use them ,some of this apps have keyloggers pre installed ,they will easily steal your backup phrase

Especially those named 'bitcoin wallet' like in the picture below, they are well rated and they are in different colors



Head to playstore or iOS store and type in just 'bitcoin wallet' you will see many fake bitcoin wallets popping up ,go for popular mobile wallets like coinomi ,trust ,enjin ,mycelium ,coinbase ,bitpay ,copay,bread ,jaxx or atomic wallet.

I only use one wallet on the phone that is trustwallet. This is the best app I know, I've used it since May 2018 and until now it's still great and getting better every day

[Bitcoin Smith]

For those who are using iPhone and androids be careful ,their are some crypto mobile wallets on store that aren't popular or well knowned ,please do not use them ,some of this apps have keyloggers pre installed ,they will easily steal your backup phrase

Especially those named 'bitcoin wallet' like in the picture below, they are well rated and they are in different colors



Head to playstore or iOS store and type in just 'bitcoin wallet' you will see many fake bitcoin wallets popping up ,go for popular mobile wallets like coinomi ,trust ,enjin ,mycelium ,coinbase ,bitpay ,copay,bread ,jaxx or atomic wallet.

Yes keyloggers can do serious damage to us and also they can steal our bank details and steal ou money which maybe come with any apps so please watch wha are the permissions they are asking for before installing it or clicking next while installing.

[timmmers]

10 000 downloads  Haha, you create one fake app and you'll never have to go to work again, when you rob all that people.
This is a big problem for massive adoption, scam is on the every corner and newcomers could lose their money very fast.

[shoreno]

yep there are many fake wallet apps nowadays and some apps looks like an official wallet, but no they are just to pretend the real one be careful.

there are fan made apps about the original app/wallet but they are not official or its not been made by the real company  . some are legit while be careful on some because they might have viruses or malwares that can steal your credentials  . there are also crypto wallet and crypto apps that are not popular . its not bad to try those indie ones  but still be careful on what your downloading for and make sure that you always scan them before installing  or download only on the google/apple store  .

[Kevlar]

For those who are using iPhone and androids be careful ,their are some crypto mobile wallets on store that aren't popular or well knowned ,please do not use them ,some of this apps have keyloggers pre installed ,they will easily steal your backup phrase

Especially those named 'bitcoin wallet' like in the picture below, they are well rated and they are in different colors



Head to playstore or iOS store and type in just 'bitcoin wallet' you will see many fake bitcoin wallets popping up ,go for popular mobile wallets like coinomi ,trust ,enjin ,mycelium ,coinbase ,bitpay ,copay,bread ,jaxx or atomic wallet.

I always thought that the scammers would find a scheme, regardless of the degree of protection, in order to fool unknowing users. I would advise not to distribute the private key of the wallet anywhere else - only to METAMASK or MyEtherWallet, and then check the correctness of the site! Every day, due to inattention, cryptocurrency is lost from users' wallets!

[asbak66]

Well I only download some applications who have good reputation before, like coinomi, trust wallet, enjin wallet and the others
And I never heard about this app before so I think people isn't gonna install unknown application like that for store their coin.

[Bitcoin Smith]

For those who are using iPhone and androids be careful ,their are some crypto mobile wallets on store that aren't popular or well knowned ,please do not use them ,some of this apps have keyloggers pre installed ,they will easily steal your backup phrase

Especially those named 'bitcoin wallet' like in the picture below, they are well rated and they are in different colors



Head to playstore or iOS store and type in just 'bitcoin wallet' you will see many fake bitcoin wallets popping up ,go for popular mobile wallets like coinomi ,trust ,enjin ,mycelium ,coinbase ,bitpay ,copay,bread ,jaxx or atomic wallet.

why use a new wallet if the old wallet is safer and more trustworthy, don't be easily affected by the new wallet that doesn't have a clear purpose. good information for miners to be more careful in choosing a wallet because it is important for the storage of assets that we have.

But lot of new people were adopting cryptos so they will type bitcoin wallet on google or playstore and they will be given thousands of results  but they don't know what is scam and what is legit.

[BeginToMine]

Thanks for the tip, it's a sad fact that many people do not pay attention to things like this and they end up losing valuable funds, and this happens to newbies most times because they do not know the kind of Cryptocurrencies wallet to download, so they just go to playstore and search for what they want and download whatever pops up.

[bitcon]

Thank for share this, is really usefull for newbies who don't know or for not so tech people to avoid install this software and lose money or get some malware which can steal other data.

First of all, try not to deal with smartphones and tablets when you work with the cryptocurrencies. It is proved already that using mobile devices, people make more mistakes. The simplest explanation for it is the size of the screen. besides, free suspicious applications must be avoided, even if they are offered at Google Play Market. Scam apps have come even there.

[desticy]

I am not worried about third-party strange, useless new wallets in app and google. What worries me most is the other applications on my phone, some of which have full access to settings and the file system.

[zero714309]

I dont know how play store filter their application but if we look at the high rating what dev doing at the application ? Why they can get high rating easily? Im confused. Any bug on play store or what ? You know all of us always look at rating,if rating doing great that mean those application work really good. Nice you share this information but personally im type of person with high evaluate before using application.

[zero714309]

I am not worried about third-party strange, useless new wallets in app and google. What worries me most is the other applications on my phone, some of which have full access to settings and the file system.

Indeed,almost all applications do that too and you're right sometimes the bad things come from the unexpected application. Full of risk. We need more aware because we had a important thing on our phone.

[carrigan]

Very good information and it can be one of the considerations when going to use the applications. So far, we may only follow what some teams or people suggest. With this information, we can consider the positive and negative sides of using a certain application, especially on the iPhone and Android. So far, many projects or coins need us to download or use certain application in the mobile or cellular phone and we only follow the instruction. However, sometimes, we don't consider the negative sides that may happen.

[lhtot8]

It is true not only for Iphone, and Android devices but is true for all kind of mobile devices, no  matter which operation system they use. Mobile devices, basically, are more vulnerable to attacks, rather than laptop and computers. People are ususally pay less funds and less attention to protect their mobile devices with antivirus softwares, for example.

[romecheo]

A mobile application can easily modify and mimic the original or legit apps. If you won't be cautious, you may be the next victim.

If you really wanted to try some crypto wallet, go to their trusted sites. However, storing your precious carpets on mobile is too risky.

The most advisable way to keep your crypto, either by hardware wallet or use offline wallet.

[peterlustig]

Damn keyloggers in the apps that are found in the AppStore and playstore that's pretty serious, don't apple/google check for bad codes before hosting the application on their respective stores? If not then they should definitely start doing that because we trust them to give us trusted applications.

[iamaruf]

Thanks for sharing this information.But usually I don't use crypto apps in mobile.but sometimes need to use but before download the wallet I use their official website

[kensaii]

Could our AntiVirus apps on your mobile device pick up those malware, trojans and keyloggers? I thought most AntiVirus apps would do the trick and prevent those malicious wallets?

[Juse14]

The best option to know safe wallet you can used. Visit bitcoin official site, at their you can get some information wallet who support bitcoin. I already visit bitcoin site you can get information wallet for Webwallet, Mobile & PC/Dekstop

[VanDeinsberg12]

Could our AntiVirus apps on your mobile device pick up those malware, trojans and keyloggers? I thought most AntiVirus apps would do the trick and prevent those malicious wallets?

It could but i think that not all of virus can be caught by our antivirus, while a lot of people have been giving their opinion if the antivirus in our mobile devices were crap.

Antivirus in android isn't the same as AntiVir that already made for PC. It much better to keep in our mind never try to download unpopular wallet without any review or testimony.

[farraddy]

If your Android smartphone is not modified, but simply "out of the box" then it does not need an antivirus. This is not Windows and the system works on other principles. You just don't have to allow the installation of programs from untrusted sources.

[bubislav]

It is really very helpful statement. With this way they can steal your information and your secret. l would say it is not fair but it can not help to us. We have to be careful. They are searching the new way to steal wallet, it is improbable, that will stop

[libert19]

Thanks for sharing this... I personally never use bitcoin wallet on the phone.
I store my bitcoin on the exchange...

I lol'ed at this. Mate, don't ever trust exchange security and put your funds there (If you are actively trading then it makes bit of sense).

Many lost their funds in cryptopia hack and still crying. Don't repeat the same mistake.

[_IRMAN]

For those who are using iPhone and androids be careful ,their are some crypto mobile wallets on store that aren't popular or well knowned ,please do not use them ,some of this apps have keyloggers pre installed ,they will easily steal your backup phrase

Especially those named 'bitcoin wallet' like in the picture below, they are well rated and they are in different colors

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Head to playstore or iOS store and type in just 'bitcoin wallet' you will see many fake bitcoin wallets popping up ,go for popular mobile wallets like coinomi ,trust ,enjin ,mycelium ,coinbase ,bitpay ,copay,bread ,jaxx or atomic wallet.

I do not understand why they can be there, even though they should have been able to show up there before they have passed a rigorous examination, not an application can enter the Playstore and Appstore 

[rdewilde]

Thanks for the warning. Owing to the rate of scam or fraudulent activities targeted on investors I think the best way of storing any coin is using the trusted wallet we used to know not some new applications that just appeared from no where; unless the application have been tested and vetted by the team incharge of such project.

[jcarlo]

As the market grows back, Scammers become more and more dangerous, We should only look for names that are highly valued instead of looking for wallet with Bitcoin names.

Therefore we must always be careful in choosing a wallet to store our coins. Before choosing a mobile wallet, we must always check who made the wallet, for the security of our coins. I chose to use Trust wallet or imtoken on my android to save my coins

[lixer]

I am seeing a lot of trash apps in Appstore, and I can imagine that some poor guys are depositing their coins and get scammed. Always google the name of any programme and investigate this app of its legitimacy before you download them to your device.

I think people just need to learn to be smart, with this level of development, I think people should already know they will always verify an application before installing it, even before cryptocurrency was invested, there has always been same application in the market, even in the games that we do install from the store in which some of them are just there to spy on ones pc and also there to directly scam people.

The best way to ever install and application is to go through the website directly and even when going through the website, there is also need to crosscheck the website and be sure that it is a verified one. I am sure that any genuine website will have a link to the correct application on any play store where they exist for people to download.

[moynul2050]

Until now I have never used the Mobile version of the Bitcoin Wallet, I have only downloaded the Mobile Wallet application for altcoin like Arax Wallet and Hubrisone, and even then because they required me to download it for wallet distribution from the Reward bounty that I did.

[TastyChillySauce00]

I am seeing a lot of trash apps in Appstore, and I can imagine that some poor guys are depositing their coins and get scammed. Always google the name of any programme and investigate this app of its legitimacy before you download them to your device.

I think people just need to learn to be smart, with this level of development, I think people should already know they will always verify an application before installing it, even before cryptocurrency was invested, there has always been same application in the market, even in the games that we do install from the store in which some of them are just there to spy on ones pc and also there to directly scam people.

The best way to ever install and application is to go through the website directly and even when going through the website, there is also need to crosscheck the website and be sure that it is a verified one. I am sure that any genuine website will have a link to the correct application on any play store where they exist for people to download.

Downloading through website is a lot more dangerous than from the playstore or appstore directly. Atleast in playstore or appstore they have regulation to prohibit this kind of apps and if all these phishing apps did get in they will removed after someone reported it immediately and take prevention in the upcoming time but website? even you need to change your default settings and be warned first to be allowed to install app from random website.