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A couple months ago, we covered several suspicious apps<\/a> that were in Apple’s iOS App Store. One mimicked the new “Threads, an Instagram app,” and others were unethical loan apps. At the time we published the article, Apple had removed the apps following public backlash.<\/p>\n We wish we could tell you that the App Store was perfectly free of scammy apps, but unfortunately such is not the case.<\/p>\n Over the past week, several more sketchy apps have come to light. Again, some of them are illegitimate loan apps that often seem to particularly target iPhone users in India. The apps mimic the names of legitimate financial institutions, but are reported not actually connected in any way with those companies.<\/p>\n On August 28, a financial tech engineer named Babu posted<\/a> on X (formerly Twitter) about five fraudulent loan apps that Apple had recently removed from the App Store. According to his research, the apps had been downloaded as many as half a million times over the previous eight days.<\/p>\n Update: All these 5 fraud loan apps are now removed from App Store.<\/p>\n But, these were downloaded in approx 300-500K iPhones in the last 7-8 days.<\/p>\n This could have been stopped earlier.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the scammers are busy uploading new fraud apps right now. In the next 2-3 days we'll\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/KLUQnuaAMk<\/a><\/p>\n — Babu \uea00 (@pooniawalla) August 29, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n