Breaking Beware! Fake version of WhatsApp found on Google Play Store

[Sai Jai]

A fake and possibly malicious version of Facebook-owned WhatsApp was found lurking on Google Play Store as “Update WhatsApp Messenger” with developer name as ‘WhatsApp Inc*’. When IANS checked it on the Play Store, we found the app has been downloaded up to 5,000 times. There is another version under the same name which has a million downloads. The original WhatsApp has 1 billion downloads.

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Beware! Fake version of WhatsApp found on Google Play Store

 

[manu85]

Yes,this fake app, still available in play store

 

[hike]

They should take care of these kind of things on top! Soon they're launching UPI transaction feature. This kind of thing may cause harm to users.

 

[BeingMadhan]

Thanks @Gobinaath bro for creating Awareness:cap: