Apple na WWDC, which took place last week on Monday, proudly announced that it had paid out $70 billion to developers since the beginning App Store, with $21 billion paid out to them last year. Although the app was launched before App Store is being checked, sometimes a fraudulent application that seems normal at first glance slips into the store. A prime example is Mobile protection: Clean & Security VPN.
According to a detailed report, fraudsters are using a new App Store search ads, in-app They were earning up to $80 per month through subscriptions and other fraudulent methods. The app was ranked tenth on the list of the most profitable apps. Mobile protection: Clean & Security VPN. Websites that track app earnings and popularity suggest that the app was making around $80 per month. While that number is likely inflated, it's still interesting to see how an app with such a strange name (a space before the colon, not after it) managed to get so high in the rankings. App Store.
The app itself doesn't offer any real benefits. You could say it's completely useless. Once installed, the app wants to access your contacts to find duplicates. It then offers you a feature Secure Internet, which is free in the trial version. After clicking on this feature, the application will prompt you to verify your identity using Touch ID (or account passwords) Apple), whereby you would agree to a subscription for $99,99 per week, which would make $400 per month.
Most users will probably figure out that this is a scam app, unfortunately there are a few people who fall for it, and the developer earns several thousand dollars a month. However, this is not the only scam app in App Store, which earns thousands of dollars a month through dishonest methods.
Application Mobile protection: Clean & Security VPN already in App Store does not find
Source: iPhonehacks
V app store a fraudulent application made money, fraudsters are making money in the parliament, so go svet.peace
"in the parliament they make money for fraudsters" is a bit off topic and if it bothers you so much, run for office and make it better. A better idea than these mindless passwords…
I wish I was as naive as you.
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Getting up in the rankings for a while is not that much of a problem. There are a number of services that, for a "few" dollars, will arrange enough downloads for an app to rise to the top.
Another trick is that the name and icon of the application must be similar to something already in the AppStore exists – hence the strange and long name.
That was the easy part of the scam, the problem is getting the money from Apple to your account. The "developer" has to hope that the scam will come in a few months. If it bursts within 3 months, Apple he won't send him the money, but will return it to the customers. I guess such a stupid app with such an outrageous subscription could last there maxat least a few days to weeks.
In general, I believe that Apple everything is resolved immediately, the developer certainly did not receive anything (I know the conditions). If the customer requested it, he received his finance back. It is necessary to realize that the approval of applications is handled in the first round by a robot or an automatic machine.