Beware of new SCAM on google play! SoBit: Bitcoin wallet

[Morbid]

just lost btc through a scam wallet on google play market. if you type in 'bitcoin wallet'. you'll see SoBit: Bitcoin Wallet. it has 5 star rating & it would be first or second on the list. beware. once you send funds to it, it sends out btc somewhere else after confirmation. i couldnt believe it at first but then after going through 1 star reviews i realised i wasnt the only one. makes me wonder how can google allow this scam to be on top?

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[meser#]

just lost btc through a scam wallet on google play market. if you type in 'bitcoin wallet'. you'll see SoBit: Bitcoin Wallet. it has 5 star rating & it would be first or second on the list. beware. once you send funds to it, it sends out btc somewhere else after confirmation. i couldnt believe it at first but then after going through 1 star reviews i realised i wasnt the only one. makes me wonder how can google allow this scam to be on top?

A lot of people these days give reviews and stars service to google play apps. Some of them use this service for the promotion of their app and some for such fraudulent. But after some reports google will remove it. I checked and i couldn't see it. Perhaps its already removed from the store. But there is a sobit app but there isn't 5 stars.

[goldkingcoiner]

just lost btc through a scam wallet on google play market. if you type in 'bitcoin wallet'. you'll see SoBit: Bitcoin Wallet. it has 5 star rating & it would be first or second on the list. beware. once you send funds to it, it sends out btc somewhere else after confirmation. i couldnt believe it at first but then after going through 1 star reviews i realised i wasnt the only one. makes me wonder how can google allow this scam to be on top?

This sound quite serious. You might want to bring forth a few details of exactly what happened as well as posting the evidence that you have. The best effect on investigating sobit would be if you posted this thread in scam accusations sub-forum here on Bitcointalk: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=83.0

The people on that board might be able to help you out or you might find a few comrades who have had the same experience as you with the SoBit Bitcoin wallet.

Personally, I would not trust any Bitcoin or Altcoin wallet which does not have the full approval of Bitcointalk. I would also do my own research (at least on google search) whether or not someone distrusts said wallet.

[salad daging]

Why don't you just use famous wallets such as Coinomi, Electrum, TrustWallet, SafeFal and many other types available on the Play Store, Sobit does sound very foreign to me because I only know now after you state it.

Actually there have been several similar cases before where many fake applications spread on Google Play, see the case about the fake electrum wallet which has a 4.9 review

Another fake electrum wallet on google

Here are some lists of fake apps on the Google Play Store.

[Warning] List of fake wallets/apps on Google Play.

Maybe it's the SoBit site: https://sobit.pro/

Domain Name: sobit.pro
Registry Domain ID: abc6edf3105242389de89150d8a2d993-DONUTS
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.name.com
Registrar URL: http://www.name.com
Updated Date: 2022-07-19T07:12:28Z
Creation Date: 2022-07-14T07:11:38Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2023-07-14T07:11:38Z

[The Cryptovator]

First of all, Google doesn't moderate scams unless there is a report from end users. It's their business and they need just money. Google just checks apps through AI or some easy way. And all we know detecting scams isn't easy anyway. However, you should learn Google reviews aren't worth it anymore. Because it can be manipulated easily. Why did you need to use your wallet by searching on Google play? Aren't you familiar with some popular crypto wallets? I am even not familiar with this name nor do I search on Google. I use a wallet from a trusted source.

[Morbid]

First of all, Google doesn't moderate scams unless there is a report from end users. It's their business and they need just money. Google just checks apps through AI or some easy way. And all we know detecting scams isn't easy anyway. However, you should learn Google reviews aren't worth it anymore. Because it can be manipulated easily. Why did you need to use your wallet by searching on Google play? Aren't you familiar with some popular crypto wallets? I am even not familiar with this name nor do I search on Google. I use a wallet from a trusted source.

my fault entirely. ive searched quickly as a demonstration to someone else. whatever came up on top ive downloaded.

[sunsilk]

makes me wonder how can google allow this scam to be on top?

Google is poor on filtering those scams.

That's why they've become a scammers den for the apps unless you report them, they'll have a view on it and will end up removing it from its platform.

They need the cooperation of everyone before they act on it. Well, as for downloading a bitcoin wallet in the app store or google play is a no no. The same with searching on the google play store, don't also be dependent in searching it on their search engine.

[Ziskinberg]

just lost btc through a scam wallet on google play market. if you type in 'bitcoin wallet'. you'll see SoBit: Bitcoin Wallet. it has 5 star rating & it would be first or second on the list. beware. once you send funds to it, it sends out btc somewhere else after confirmation. i couldnt believe it at first but then after going through 1 star reviews i realised i wasnt the only one. makes me wonder how can google allow this scam to be on top?

Google allow it because they are not the tool to assess the credibility of the apps. It was we who are very responsible of doing the research and at least seeing the reviews. In fact, you have seen the 1-star review and for me, it is quite doubtful about it and never I think it was reliable. Because if you bother to think about it, definitely you will never fall into this scam/fake wallet. And if you also hear about Electrum wallet, you never see yourself in the google play store looking for a Bitcoin wallet as it was indeed a trusted wallet already.

[Baofeng]

just lost btc through a scam wallet on google play market. if you type in 'bitcoin wallet'. you'll see SoBit: Bitcoin Wallet. it has 5 star rating & it would be first or second on the list. beware. once you send funds to it, it sends out btc somewhere else after confirmation. i couldnt believe it at first but then after going through 1 star reviews i realised i wasnt the only one. makes me wonder how can google allow this scam to be on top?

I'm not sure if this is the wallet that you are referencing:

Code:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.btcw.bitcoinwallet

Unfortunately, Google doesn't moderate it, so the best thing to do is to report it to them so that they can take it down. Perhaps another expensive lessons to check everything first or just used wallet that we have been trusting already like Electrum.

[Yogee]

....makes me wonder how can google allow this scam to be on top?

It's not the first scam app that slipped through Google Play's "security".

It seems the app is still active there with over 10K downloads. Have you tried asking the support to take down the app? You could help others from experiencing the same scam if you could report what happened to you.

[MainIbem]

I just wonder at this your stage downloading a wrong wallet . My question is how come about it no one is above mistake but i will know does the address you copy still the same to the previous address you sent your btc or does it changed over time?
besides any wallet that is not famous or regularly mentioned by people i don't use it rather sometimes leaving my assets on CEX and Trustapp, anyway sorry for the mistakes, secondly the app sound new to my earing.
if you don't mind share screenshots.

[vv181]

Scam applications being listed on the Play Store aren't quite new, especially for a cryptocurrency application or wallet. It should be noted in the first hand that randomly installing or using an unknown or shady app is a bad security practice. And Google doing filtering of any submission of an app is not doing any better, so we should not solely expect Google will do our favour, it includes installing any app within the Play Store.

If it is indeed that this particular app is scam, the only way to stop the app is to report it by all of us: https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/2853570

[DapanasFruit]

I am sure that the same thing happened in the past with apps published in Google Play all because somehow scammers are able to penetrate the vetting process of the said platform...and talking on crypto-related app there is more chances that there can be scams in there. Sad to see that you are victimized by this scam app. Let's hope that something can be done against SoBit if this accusation is really true...it should be deleted from GP so no one else can be a victim.

[DaveF]

from google play when you click on contact developer you get:



so yeah, that looks funky. I don't see any other reviews or mentions of it while poking around so it looks like a scam to me.
I would make a post in the scam accucsation board too so people looking there will see it too.

-Dave

[bittraffic]

When a wallet is not being vouched by some users in this forum, it would be unusual. Any action that can potentially lose funds, you may really need to research or ask in a thread. There are many more of these unknown wallets in google play if you search it.

You just can't tell any more which one is a scam or not if you don't research and see what others are saying about the wallet. They do have a good-looking website, done professionally. 

[noorman0]

It's like a typical PK sharing scam, I saw that the user got access to the seed phrase and of course it was actually noted by the developer.

makes me wonder how can google allow this scam to be on top?

It's not at the top (on my side), unless you type it specifically or your cache affects search results. Google only acts based on reports, whereas this app doesn't even have a single review. It's very strange if you just believe it.

[danherbias07]

We have the wallet boards. Should've stayed there.

When it comes to google play apps that have something to do with Bitcoin earnings, wallets, and games that pay, it would be best if you ignore those.
Most of them are scam attempts or if not you are working for them and they will do everything so you won't reach the payout threshold.
Before I even installed Mycelium on my phone I did a deep research about it in this forum and outside.
You got to keep yourself safe and not trust the ratings given anywhere.
Thanks for the heads up though.

[laurenB7742]

My condolences to you, but I wonder how you could randomly use such an uncommon wallet. Before downloading and using any wallet, we should at least find out first because there are many websites that review bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Scam apps on Google Play are not new as we all know their censorship process is very poor and far behind what Apple is doing.
You should provide an image of the application, link to the app, those who use android can report it to google so that they can quickly remove it to avoid others being trapped.

[Morbid]

....makes me wonder how can google allow this scam to be on top?

It's not the first scam app that slipped through Google Play's "security".

It seems the app is still active there with over 10K downloads. Have you tried asking the support to take down the app? You could help others from experiencing the same scam if you could report what happened to you.

yeah i did. i think it was running fine until latest update one week ago.

[Uruhara]

I just checked it on the google play store. is the logo of the apk wallet yellow? but I don't see any reviews on the apk. maybe it's been deleted or i saw the apk wrong. but the name is the same, namely Sobit: Bitcoin Wallet.

although I am a beginner but I am very careful when it comes to bitcoin wallets. because that is where our bitcoin assets are stored. so using a wallet that is trusted and gets lots of advice from various sources is a good one to use.

It's not just a matter of wallets that we have to be careful with, but also the exchange market we have to be careful with. it is better to use the most famous exchanges than to use new exchanges which are very risky. except just to swap a little.

I hope Google can be more selective in passing an application. especially if it's a matter of application that involves an asset storage.