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Apple App Store Hosts Scam Apps, Dev Claims

by Ian Chee
April 8, 2021
Apple App Store Pre-Order Apps six months advance
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When it comes to reputation, the average person would think that Apple and its App Store is the safer choice for those who are not tech-savvy. That being said, it’s certainly not completely free of predators. They might not infect your device with malware. Instead, they might charge you absurd amounts of money for apps that don’t actually work.

App developer Kosta Eleftheriou alleges on Twitter that the app known as a Privacy Assistant: StringVPN is a scam app. And he points out a list of things with the app that are telltale signs of a blatant cash grab. And it’s quite the list, from a blank website to a fake email account provided to contact the maker of the app. Eleftheriou also claims that most of its positive reviews are paid for, and there are enough of them that the scam app got pushed to the Recommended by Apple list.

The scam: https://t.co/ne0qzcn4NL

— Kosta Eleftheriou (@keleftheriou) April 7, 2021

Then there’s the absurd charge of US$9.99 (~RM41) a week, rather than a month for a VPN service. And Eleftheriou says that this brings the scam app about US$1 million (~RM4.13 million) a month.

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4.6 stars, with over 80,000 ratings, and a glowing 5-star "featured" review: pic.twitter.com/Aup1ehYTdk

— Kosta Eleftheriou (@keleftheriou) February 6, 2021

According to MacRumors, this is not the first time Eleftheriou highlighted scam apps lurking in the Apple App Store. In February, Eleftheriou highlighted a fake astronomy app that, according to the negative reviews, immediately asks for a premium subscription upon launching. And even then, the app didn’t work as advertised.

In both cases, many of the legitimate, negative reviews urge other users to not become another victim to these scam apps. It does put Apple in a strange light. For one, it wants the App Store to be the only way to download apps for its devices. And payments need to use its in-app purchase systems. But on the other, it shelters apps like these that do make use of said systems, but don’t actually work as advertised.

(Source: Kosta Eleftheriou / Twitter [1], [2] via MacRumors)

Tags: App StoreAppleAppsScam
Updated 11:49 am, Fri, 9 April 21
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