Topic: Fake MEW on Google Play (Read 707 times)
Thanks to those who take the time and effort to report this malicious fake MEW on Google Play. It has been taken down already, so I'm closing this thread, again just be careful and learn what is legit MEW wallet and not, and all other crypto related apps.
This post is really very informative and helpful for newbies.
Myetherwallet is the most popular Ethereum based Crypto Wallet.Thats why this is really common to have a lot of fake Apps and phishing web site.
Here I have some previous topics where op already described about fake myetherwallet app and website.
Fake My Ether Wallet - myetherwallet.com-eth.network
Fake Electrum, MEW and Meta Mask
Newbies can take a look about various ways of fake Myetherwallet.
So always be careful about fake wallets because in play store you will find a lot of scammers who are launching fake wallets everyday.
Myetherwallet is the most popular Ethereum based Crypto Wallet.Thats why this is really common to have a lot of fake Apps and phishing web site.
Here I have some previous topics where op already described about fake myetherwallet app and website.
Fake My Ether Wallet - myetherwallet.com-eth.network
Fake Electrum, MEW and Meta Mask
Newbies can take a look about various ways of fake Myetherwallet.
So always be careful about fake wallets because in play store you will find a lot of scammers who are launching fake wallets everyday.
This is a warning, there seems to be a fake MEW apps again on Google Play.
Been downloaded 160++ times already (including myself, but just to test it). And by looking closely at the code:
Edit:
Archive: http://archive.is/aTRca
So it will ask for your private keys and other secret keys,
Then it will be over, cyber criminals have the info to steal your coins.
Code:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mew.manager.app&hl=en
Been downloaded 160++ times already (including myself, but just to test it). And by looking closely at the code:
Edit:
Archive: http://archive.is/aTRca
So it will ask for your private keys and other secret keys,
Code:
mewapp.ltd/login/
Then it will be over, cyber criminals have the info to steal your coins.
Hey OP,
Thanks for the information. I did check the link but it seems that Google has removed this fake app from its store. Great job by all the members in this forum for reporting this app so fast.
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There is no doubt that the iPhone is far better security-wise than an android phone and the same is applicable to the store. I have been using both and found the iPhone far better in security. Almost all apps are payable and that is one of the reasons why people do not fiddle with apps store. Whereas on Google store every app is free and people would download anything just to check how it works.
It is true considering the global mobile market there are only two operating system Android and iOS. If you do a small search using the keyword "ios vs android" most of them come under the conclusion that iOS is far better when you talk about security. Google need to work on it.
The MEW app from the Myetherwallet site has an inconvenience and I really don't like it, it doesn't allow me to enter the Private Key, I absolutely don't store json files or seed codes.
How to report a fraudulent app to Google Play to remove it?
I'm not sure how they respond to this but I suggest having a new wallet and save the seeds code this time. Quite that easy to do it rather than to wait for their action and replies from their support team unless if you have stored a lot of altcoins on that wallet. This is certainly a lesson to learn for you and see's how important to have your seeds than anyone else and to have it keeps safe. But nothing too difficult if you have been using fake MEW wallets and surely you can't retrieve your wallet anymore even you have the private keys. How to report a fraudulent app to Google Play to remove it?
I hope Google Play store will take action for this and eliminate those fake apps.
Maybe I should visit directly to the site rather than use the apps store. It gonna be safe, though.
The MEW app from the Myetherwallet site has an inconvenience and I really don't like it, it doesn't allow me to enter the Private Key, I absolutely don't store json files or seed codes.
How to report a fraudulent app to Google Play to remove it?
How to report a fraudulent app to Google Play to remove it?
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Cybercriminal will continue to grow and various type of experiment to trick the victim. Google might be blamed for this because there have been many similar cases that have happened before and that must be an important lesson for them to clean up. But in reality they still allow this to happen and really this will cause many problems for them and Google user.
indeed phishing crimes like this always happen and always present with a variety of new methods. We also need to be vigilant not to get caught up in applications like this. must be very careful to install a wallet that is associated with our personal assets.Cybercriminal will continue to grow and various type of experiment to trick the victim. Google might be blamed for this because there have been many similar cases that have happened before and that must be an important lesson for them to clean up. But in reality they still allow this to happen and really this will cause many problems for them and Google user.
Before installing the application, we should first do some research.
Google Playstore can indeed be blamed, but we as users must provide negative feedback if indeed the application is dangerous. we must contribute to overcoming such malicious applications.
Lol, you are a classic example of a crypto enthusiast who doesn't understand how hacks are happening around here. Do you know who this devs are?
Relax, you two are not wrong, but just misinterpreted the problem. What is now being discussed is about fraud attempt by using fake application that circulate in the google store and not about hacking.Cybercriminal will continue to grow and various type of experiment to trick the victim. Google might be blamed for this because there have been many similar cases that have happened before and that must be an important lesson for them to clean up. But in reality they still allow this to happen and really this will cause many problems for them and Google user.
There weren't anyone yet postingg a thread about their tokens lost due to this fake mew, its number of downloads must be just from the dev to test. Its crazy why google store had not screen these app before makin it available for downloads. If no one yet had lost money, the fake app failed.
There weren't anyone yet postingg a thread about their tokens lost due to this fake mew, its number of downloads must be just from the dev to test. Its crazy why google store had not screen these app before makin it available for downloads. If no one yet had lost money, the fake app failed.
Most cryptocurrency lovers surely know the forum bitcointalk.org because this forum is the most appropriate place to explore all the problem associated with it. The belief in the minority that talk elsewhere about the problem is also not to blame, because not all cryptocurrency user are also user of the bitcointalk.org forum. They also can still talk in other places they want to solve the problem.We never know that how many people have been determined as victim of fake application because they have never spoken here and all this is entirely Google is fault. They continue to allow fake application to be registered without further filtering before being released. However, we also never know for sure how many user are downloading application that are genuine user and in my opinion it is important to report this case on Google for immediate action.
149 ratings, with mostly fake/ paid ones.
Those victims gonna RIP.
Those victims gonna RIP.
There weren't anyone yet postingg a thread about their tokens lost due to this fake mew, its number of downloads must be just from the dev to test. Its crazy why google store had not screen these app before makin it available for downloads. If no one yet had lost money, the fake app failed.
It would be unrealistic to assume that just because there have been no complaints and reports, that it automatically means that no one had lost money through this scam yet. Let's not forget that only a minority are involved in communities such as Bitcointalk and Reddit, and if they complain somewhere else, chances are, we might not even hear about it.
There weren't anyone yet postingg a thread about their tokens lost due to this fake mew, its number of downloads must be just from the dev to test. Its crazy why google store had not screen these app before makin it available for downloads. If no one yet had lost money, the fake app failed.
I'm really disappointed as to how Google really handle this case, it is still up in their Google Play which means chances are there could be newbies going to download it and be another numbers in the growing list of victims.
yes, and there might already made a transfer of crypto from their wallet to the hacker's wallet. Good thing that it has been shared and discuss here so as to give caution to other users. The problem is that there are other crytpo users that are not member of this forum and does not have any idea regarding on this fraud app.
The worst case is that this app coule be use for fraud like inviting someone to buy some crypto and store it in that kind of wallet which obviously design as a trap.
On Electrum, I wonder why the team chose to be indifferent toward publicity and marketing of its site, letting the public know the original site is a .org, and not .com.
It doesn't really matter that much though. If you open electrum.com, it automatically redirects to electrum.org anyway. And based on the whois information of both domains, it seems like it has one owner anyway.
I doubt this will happen any time soon as there are no serious competitors for them.
I used to get app downloads on 9game but stopped because I was conscious of not getting malware and all that (though I never had any such scare), they have great apps there. You think they aren't a competition for playstore?Always get the app link from the official website.
Sometimes people don't even know the official sites of what they're looking for.On Electrum, I wonder why the team chose to be indifferent toward publicity and marketing of its site, letting the public know the original site is a .org, and not .com.
I'm really disappointed as to how Google really handle this case, it is still up in their Google Play which means chances are there could be newbies going to download it and be another numbers in the growing list of victims.
I also think sometime google handles this fake issue or related case resolved lately also sometimes google is confused about actual action, related to thinking google hesitated the properly action fake app/addons because google is not decided to find out real or fake or fake. when someone reported that then google tries to solve this fake issue.
I'm really disappointed as to how Google really handle this case, it is still up in their Google Play which means chances are there could be newbies going to download it and be another numbers in the growing list of victims.
It is very easy to list any app in google play store and there is not much check and balance by the google. That's why we see a lot of apps being listed in play store which are fake ones and some phishing ones to which are made to collect the data from the cell phone. I do not download much apps from playstore and use only the ones which i require mostly for my routine.
Google has a long way to go regarding its nonchalant altitude allowing apps performing below what they put in their reviews. Tones of apps with a lot of mediocrity, it is appalling and saddening seeing phishing apps on Google even in 2020. I think iOS is way more secured than Google Play store.
This is really saddening knowing that a lot of users are trusting google play. And most of the users are not checking the authenticity of the app. They will know that it is fake once they lost their money. I hope for those users that will find these apps as fake, report it immediately to prevent other users to be victimized by these scammers.
And just imagine that Google and their platforms are accounted for 2/3 of desktop and mobile apps globally, they should be really upping their game as well, but sadly, it looks like they doing anything about it. The apps is still up and I'm sure they have received reports about it. But they are too slow to react and the scammers could have victimised noobs already.
Again, education is the key here. If we can't really take away ourselves from using Google, unless practice a good security to prevent us from falling from this cyber criminals.
It is very easy to list any app in google play store and there is not much check and balance by the google. That's why we see a lot of apps being listed in play store which are fake ones and some phishing ones to which are made to collect the data from the cell phone. I do not download much apps from playstore and use only the ones which i require mostly for my routine.
Google has a long way to go regarding its nonchalant altitude allowing apps performing below what they put in their reviews. Tones of apps with a lot of mediocrity, it is appalling and saddening seeing phishing apps on Google even in 2020. I think iOS is way more secured than Google Play store.
This is really saddening knowing that a lot of users are trusting google play. And most of the users are not checking the authenticity of the app. They will know that it is fake once they lost their money. I hope for those users that will find these apps as fake, report it immediately to prevent other users to be victimized by these scammers.
This is really identical, almost the same as the original. The scammers really are increasingly developing in doing scams and also attracting prospective victims. It would be better if when you want to download and install the application it would be better if we directly go to the official website. There will usually be an application download link. From there we can find the official application.
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