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jr. member
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Most of these wallets have no real presence and thus, very risky to use. There are several situations of people losing their valuables and assets to crypto scams who initially appear innocent and bid their time before they strike leaving behind sad tales. It is much easier and better to use the trusted wallets from the bigger and more stable players in the industry. At least with these ones, you are guaranteed safety, reliability and security.
sr. member
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There are hundreds of fake wallets and other malware programs available online, that's why its always recommended to download any software from their Official websites. There is nothing much we can do about these fake apps/softwares. Users have to do their own diligence when it comes to choosing and installing crypto-related software on their devices.  
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I've never caught wind of these wallets which makes them kinda risky to utilize, can't discover any surveys about them, nobody is discussing these wallets, remain away or risk losing your assets, better popular wallets are available on Google playstore, why the hell will someone what to use unpopular wallets?   Huh  Huh
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It's not only in play store only, they are also in form of firefox extensions, some web wallets but the main thing is for people to know and use only trusted sites. They are not that safe also IMO but at least are better than new and trusted sites. They should do their own research before choosing wallet since its about storing funds.
Firefox extensions aren't safe to begin with, this is why its not safe to leave funds on metamask wallet add-on, the problem with PC browsing is Trojans and highjacking viruses are right there waiting for you to make a click, mobile wallets are far superior than desktop wallets in terms of security
sr. member
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Never heard of that mobile wallets before but its hard to trust wallet that came out from nowhere. Better not to try them and only use wallets that are highly reputable or wallets that provide private key to avoid headaches in the future.
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May 31, 2020, 12:58:02 PM
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for the wallet you should only use popular wallet that use by many don't just download the wallet without reviewing any of them so you will have idea how other users's experience using it.
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May 31, 2020, 12:21:33 PM
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There are many shady wallets in crypto space today, wallets I've never heard from anyone or reviews online, you guys need to be careful when going on playstore to download, remember some have backdoors hidden in them, they will give users recovery seed they already have control over,

1. Totalcoin Bitcoin wallet
2. Mercuryo Bitcoin wallet
3. Bitnovo


There are many complains regarding funds lost and lost access to coins from these wallets and there are many more, do not use wallets that aren't popular and keep your keys safe, GoodLuck.

Thanks for bringing this up, many things have been said about fake and fraudulent wallets, and much will also be said because since scammers won't relent, the need to constantly update the community on their (scammers) new ways will always continue. However, it is good there are many trusted wallets and some can now accept and support more than 1 coin (multi-cryptocurrency wallet), therefore before using any wallet since funds security is very important, it is wise making a research or asking the community first and foremost for their reviews on the wallet.
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May 31, 2020, 12:19:00 PM
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This is important and interesting information, because after all we don't need to believe in a wallet that doesn't have many users. this certainly will endanger the funds we have, and very high risk.
 
sr. member
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May 31, 2020, 12:10:15 PM
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1. Totalcoin Bitcoin wallet
2. Mercuryo Bitcoin wallet
3. Bitnovo
People never need to mess up things when they need to go for bitcoin wallets for any platform. They can simply verify about genuine wallets from bitcoin.org's guide. For android smartphones, anyone can choose wallets from here: https://bitcoin.org/en/choose-your-wallet?step=5&platform=android

I am not sure why trust wallet is not being listed here. Binance must work on making trust wallet to be listed here. If anything in trust wallet is not compatible against bitcoin.org then they must work on that. This is my personal opinion because I have been working with trust wallets without any problem for months. Probably bitcoin.org will list the wallets which support only bitcoins and not all the wallets which are ALSO SUPPORTING bitcoins along with altcoins. Not sure yet Roll Eyes.
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May 31, 2020, 11:56:38 AM
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There are many shady wallets in crypto space today, wallets I've never heard from anyone or reviews online, you guys need to be careful when going on playstore to download, remember some have backdoors hidden in them, they will give users recovery seed they already have control over,

1. Totalcoin Bitcoin wallet
2. Mercuryo Bitcoin wallet
3. Bitnovo


There are many complains regarding funds lost and lost access to coins from these wallets and there are many more, do not use wallets that aren't popular and keep your keys safe, GoodLuck.
You can literally find hundreds of fake wallets for smartphones because it is easier for anyone to develop such apps and also can place them on marketplace like google playstore, they will only remove them if they got enough reports so users looking for wallets have to look at the number of downloads and also their reviews.
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May 31, 2020, 11:53:29 AM
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It's many of them and sadly many newbies aren't aware that those wallets are shady. They have to be known and familiar of the wallets that the majority use so if they have seen a wallet that's not on the list of most crypto people, they will not download it.
These shady wallets were made to steal funds of their victims and this is the reason why you must download a wallet that's open-source and as much as possible, download the most popular and trustworthy wallet app.
legendary
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May 31, 2020, 11:38:13 AM
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It's not only in play store only, they are also in form of firefox extensions, some web wallets but the main thing is for people to know and use only trusted sites. They are not that safe also IMO but at least are better than new and trusted sites. They should do their own research before choosing wallet since its about storing funds.
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May 31, 2020, 11:06:30 AM
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Even if they are found in the googleplay, they may still be a trap for newbies. 
Somehow they are threads about them in the forum like this one for Mercuryo  looks legit actaully which partnered with BestChange, Kraken and etc.

And there is also Totalcoin Bitcoin wallet https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/totalcoin-mobile-crypto-bank-exchange-trading-platform-5173074

Only bitnovo has the accusation thread here https://bitcointalksearch.org/topic/very-bad-experience-with-bitnovo-possible-scam-3829204

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May 31, 2020, 10:54:03 AM
#1
There are many shady wallets in crypto space today, wallets I've never heard from anyone or reviews online, you guys need to be careful when going on playstore to download, remember some have backdoors hidden in them, they will give users recovery seed they already have control over,

1. Totalcoin Bitcoin wallet
2. Mercuryo Bitcoin wallet
3. Bitnovo


There are many complains regarding funds lost and lost access to coins from these wallets and there are many more, do not use wallets that aren't popular and keep your keys safe, GoodLuck.
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