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Beware Smart Phone Users! 'Fake WhatsApp' Found On Google Play Store

Beware Smart Phone Users! 'Fake WhatsApp' Found On Google Play Store
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Beware,바카라 웹사이트if you are planning to바카라 웹사이트download바카라 웹사이트WhatsApp.바카라 웹사이트Fake and possibly malicious version of Facebook-owned WhatsApp was found on the Google Play Store as "Update WhatsApp Messenger" with developer name as 'WhatsApp Inc*', reported news agency바카라 웹사이트.

The malign software was first highlighted by the popular WhatsApp change tracking website WABetaInfo, via Twitter user @MujtabaMHaq.

(embed tweet) (TWEET:바카라 웹사이트"DON'T DOWNLOAD THIS APP! IT'S FAKE! WhatsApp Business is not officially available yet for all," the WABetaInfo social media account tweeted to its 30,000 followers)

When checked on the Google Play Store, IANS found that the app was downloaded more than 5,000 times in the recent past.

This is not the first time that Google Play users have been tricked with a바카라 웹사이트fake바카라 웹사이트app. Earlier, a fake version of the augmented reality game 'Pokémon Go'바카라 웹사이트was found in the Play store app. According to the , the fake version of the game app was downloaded by more than tens of thousands of people by the time it was reported to be fake. In January 2013, a fake version of another popular바카라 웹사이트game call 'Temple Run 2' also hit바카라 웹사이트the Google play store. However, later it was taken down. Such apps can easily track바카라 웹사이트the player's location.바카라 웹사이트

Following complaints about the fake apps available in the play store, Google recently바카라 웹사이트introduced Google Play security rewards programme,바카라 웹사이트but in vain.

On Friday, WhatsApp was down for users worldwide for about an hour, many complained about바카라 웹사이트having trouble바카라 웹사이트accessing its services. The Facebook-owned company later released a statement바카라 웹사이트saying the issue바카라 웹사이트has been바카라 웹사이트fixed,바카라 웹사이트and바카라 웹사이트apologised바카라 웹사이트for any inconvenience.

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