A few more listening these days are reported on fake apps on the Google Play Store. In the latest case, more than 150 fake apps have now been identified on the Play Store. These apps help developers earn money by showing users an add-on. These apps also lure users to download these apps. The report says there are currently 152 fake Jio apps on the Play Store. The users interface and logo of these apps are exactly the same as the real Jio app. The same look makes it difficult for users to identify real and fake apps. These apps show unwanted ads to users to earn money by promising to provide free internet data. In some cases, these apps have also been found to redirect users to webpages one after the other. Let us know the full details

Apps come with different names and package schemes, according to the latest information that has been revealed. These allow users to provide data from 25GB to 125GB. Users usually install it in the lure of free data, but giving free data is just outside of these apps. These apps ask users for some details to claim free data. After completing these details, users are asked to share it with their contacts. Most shockingly, some of these apps send a link to download the app to the contacts on the phone without the user's permission. These apps have been downloaded between January and June. While these apps don't steal users' data, they do slow down smartphones.

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For your information, check the name of the developer before downloading any app from the Google Play Store and read the review of the app. Also, keep the antivirus on your smartphone. You can use JioSecurity or Kaspersky Mobile for this. Both these antiviruses work to keep the device safe to a great extent. Geosecurity has done a great job in identifying fake Jio apps.

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