Over 20 million Android users have downloaded these scammy rewards apps that don't actually deliver what they promise.
We shouldn’t have to say that if something on the internet sounds too good to be true, it probably is, but a new report suggests that we do. According to a review of virus activity on mobile devices
, a new breed of fraudulent apps is taking Google Play by storm. The Android apps in question claim that users can make money by completing tasks, but the rewards are often virtually impossible to collect., the three apps the report cited have accumulated more than 20 million downloads in all.Lucky Habit: health tracker
have each been download over 5 million times. The apps were available on Google Play as recently as Sunday.All three apps rewarded users with virtual currency for accomplishing certain tasks, such as walking a certain distance or developing healthy habits. Of course, they could also accrue those same rewards by watching ads.
“In order to initiate the process of withdrawing what they “earned,”” Doctor Web explained in the virus report, “users had to collect a significant number of rewards. If they were able to do this, the applications additionally demanded that they watch dozens of advertising videos. They were then offered several dozen more ads to watch in order to “speed up” the withdrawal process.
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