IDEX Market Google Store SCAM ALERT

[bitcoinst]

Be careful, Google Store has launched the IDEX Market mobile app, which is a SCAM.

Official tweet:

SCAM ALERT: A fraudulent IDEX app is currently listed on Google Play. Please be aware that we are working on getting it removed and encourage users to avoid downloading and interacting with the scam.

More then 500 downloads already.








The IDEX 2.0 version has not yet been released; it will be available on mobile devices. You can follow it release here .

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[blockman]

These scammers are now targeting the huge exchanges and create a copy of their app. Let's report this app.
(https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9888374?hl=en&ref_topic=9876963)

[Mpamaegbu]

Nice one, OP.

Sometimes I wonder how Google allows unverified apps to launch on its playstore. Defects like this show that playstore is becoming porous with its security and this calls for concern. I bet if this isn't tackled quickly it's going to cause a lot of users to move away from that app store. BTW, I think people should make it a thing of safety to always wait and not be too quick to swap apps or download them. For me, I always wait a few months to download any new app after making sure there aren't any scam or fraud accusations against them.

[studio1one]

Be careful, Google Store has launched the IDEX Market mobile app, which is a SCAM.

Official tweet:

SCAM ALERT: A fraudulent IDEX app is currently listed on Google Play. Please be aware that we are working on getting it removed and encourage users to avoid downloading and interacting with the scam.

More then 500 downloads already.




The IDEX 2.0 version has not yet been released; it will be available on mobile devices. You can follow it release here .

That's a nice catch OP thanks for sharing it. This is second the phishing app I seeing on play store recently I also saw a fake atomic wallet app on playstore its time like this I am glad that Apple takes a long time to give approvals to the apps.

[ecnalubma]

Google playstore has very poor regulations when it comes to every apps uploaded on their platform, that’s why bad actors are always taking advantage of the loopholes. If your really not skeptic about what you download on playstore or appstore for instance you’ll get easily tricked.

[suvo05]

Be careful, Google Store has launched the IDEX Market mobile app, which is a SCAM.

Official tweet:

SCAM ALERT: A fraudulent IDEX app is currently listed on Google Play. Please be aware that we are working on getting it removed and encourage users to avoid downloading and interacting with the scam.

More then 500 downloads already.




The IDEX 2.0 version has not yet been released; it will be available on mobile devices. You can follow it release here .

Thanks for sharing this.
There is big problem that the app is still on the playstore and currently it's rating is 4 star. So definitely some people will get scammed. Playstote should be careful in such type of cases.

[gielbier]

Google playstore has very poor regulations when it comes to every apps uploaded on their platform, that’s why bad actors are always taking advantage of the loopholes. If your really not skeptic about what you download on playstore or appstore for instance you’ll get easily tricked.

It's like the team from the Google Play Store when reviewing an application is not very detailed and in the end the scammer uses it to make the application as if it were official. This incident has often happened and it seems like the team from Playstore does not take it seriously in reviewing applications.

[Denongels]

Google playstore has very poor regulations when it comes to every apps uploaded on their platform, that’s why bad actors are always taking advantage of the loopholes. If your really not skeptic about what you download on playstore or appstore for instance you’ll get easily tricked.

It's like the team from the Google Play Store when reviewing an application is not very detailed and in the end the scammer uses it to make the application as if it were official. This incident has often happened and it seems like the team from Playstore does not take it seriously in reviewing applications.

true and also this has happened a long time ago, especially in this pandemic it seems that the performance of people who work at google play store is declining like most other companies, to avoid this the only way is exchange which succumbs by reviewing applications that are on google play store and other places although this is very troublesome but it looks like this makes their potential and active users safe.

[Baofeng]

So it's Google again, with their lax regulations on apps being advertisement on their Google alert, no wonder scammers are able to get this malicious apps under their radar and with 500 downloads already, it will be just a matter of time before someone will fall and be a victims here. Again, this should be reported asap, so that it will be taken down from Google Store.

[Yaunfitda]

Just to be clear, it was not Google Store that has launched this, it was the criminals who used Google's platform to run this SCAM. I think this should also be moved to Scam Accusations board for maximum exposure.

[Bananington]

The IDEX app should be reported because if not taken down, more people will fall prey. Those scammers are targeting private keys and mnemonic phrase or keystore of gullible crypto enthusiasts. Why will people be so heartless to create a fake app in order to scam others, this is not fair at all. Before installing any app, I usually confirm if it's legit to avoid stories that touch.

[poodle63]

The IDEX app should be reported because if not taken down, more people will fall prey. Those scammers are targeting private keys and mnemonic phrase or keystore of gullible crypto enthusiasts. Why will people be so heartless to create a fake app in order to scam others, this is not fair at all. Before installing any app, I usually confirm if it's legit to avoid stories that touch.

It's better if we are also helping the dev to report that scam app. It looks like the scammers were creating the fake app to fool others as they were feeling difficult to scam people caused by people have become even smarter. I will also report it asap and I hope it will be removed very soon.

[Kang TB]

thanks for this informations buddy
i think all crypto believers should report this app,
so, the app will be remove from google store

[LazerPanther]

Just to be clear, it was not Google Store that has launched this, it was the criminals who used Google's platform to run this SCAM. I think this should also be moved to Scam Accusations board for maximum exposure.

Yes, scammer is taking advantage of google store to upload this app to market. We need to denounce this app as soon as possible and hope the google store staff can take it down soon, I don't want people being cheated in this market.

[viananda2525]

idex market must move as fast as they can do to report this app to google team to prevent many victim that caused this application.  as cryptocurrency community we should report it and marked it as bad application  so it will removed from google play as soon as possible. this is the new methode from scammer that developted by crypto scammer, maybe in future there will new methode again.

day by day crypto scammer that have high skill in techonology developt various techniqu to attack exchanges or anything that rellated about money. even popular twitter account attacked too, they thinking by attacking trusted account will make more people trusting and send money.

[Psynthax]

It's crazy considering how much time it takes nowadays to publish a normal app in google play store and how strict their reviews are but see this one scam app could go through easily. I must admit that google play really bad in term of reviewing apps in google playstore compared to app store. Maybe, security is not their first concern.

[shoreno]

It's crazy considering how much time it takes nowadays to publish a normal app in google play store and how strict their reviews are but see this one scam app could go through easily. I must admit that google play really bad in term of reviewing apps in google playstore compared to app store. Maybe, security is not their first concern.

ofc security is thier concern . cant you see that their apps always update with the latest security patch  ? but they cant totally control the apps of other creators  but they give warnings before a user donwload and install them for potential threats  . apple on the other hand is more robust when it comes to thier standards  .  thanks for this thread  . we know that idex is popular on crypto  , if the app is scam many people wouldnt know it   and thier idex accounts can be in danger

[Valak]

Be careful, Google Store has launched the IDEX Market mobile app, which is a SCAM.

How do we distinguish the application from official sources or not. If we search directly from Playstore there are indeed very many similar applications. But I suggest being able to visit the official site, and download based on their referral link. This method will be safer than using search.

[bayudndy]

Be careful, Google Store has launched the IDEX Market mobile app, which is a SCAM.

How do we distinguish the application from official sources or not. If we search directly from Playstore there are indeed very many similar applications. But I suggest being able to visit the official site, and download based on their referral link. This method will be safer than using search.

There are a lot of shady apps in the google store and appstore, so be really careful when you want to download them to your phone. And just like what you said, we'd better go to their official website and visit the link there to download the app.

[mersal]

Be careful, Google Store has launched the IDEX Market mobile app, which is a SCAM.

How do we distinguish the application from official sources or not. If we search directly from Playstore there are indeed very many similar applications. But I suggest being able to visit the official site, and download based on their referral link. This method will be safer than using search.

You can check the developer on the more details section and also you can get an idea with number of downloads, if it is new and have only few hundred or thousand downloads then better check the official site for more details but never use to playstore to redirect to the official websites because scammers may have cloned the official website as well with the changes they wanted to include.