Google bans these 3 dangerous mobile phone apps that can steal your money

By Hiyah Zaidi
Published 19th May 2022, 13:49 BST

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Google has banned three dangerous rip-off mobile phone apps as part of a crackdown on scammers.

The apps attempt to scam users out of money by mimicking genuine apps.

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However, they are actually riddled with trojan horses that can hijack your information or begin paid subscriptions without being asked by the user.

One of them has a bug called Jocker, which can avoid Google’s security detection.

What apps have the Jocker bug?

The dangerous bug has been found on three apps: Style Message, Blood Pressure App and Camera PDF Scanner.

Others, however, are also mimicked to gain the user's trust, which includes GameBeyond, Tubemate, Minecraft, GTA5 and Vidmate.

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