Ethereum Scam App Appears on Google Play Store, Malware Researcher Reports
’s Play Store has recently become a spot for hosting another reported (ETH) application, reports August 21.
Lukas Stefanko, a malware researcher from Slovakia, found a fraudulent “Ethereum” application on Google Play that had been allegedly offered for purchase at price of €335 or around $388, according to The Next Web.
In an August 20 , the researcher noted that buying the app is “not the same” as an Ethereum purchase, implying that his recent discovery is a crypto scam intended to defraud users by mimicking the original Ethereum, which is worth around at press time.
Screenshot from Lukas Stefanko’s
Stefanko’s tweet shows that the scam application, which was described through Google Translate as “just a Ethereum,” was developed by so-called “Google Commerce Ltd,” and has managed to amass over 100 installs since the last update in August 2017 by the time of the report.
The of the developer of Google-backed applications on Google Play Store is “Google LLC.” At press time, the application is unavailable on Google Play.
On July 27, Google had crypto mining apps on its Play Store, only remote mining applications. According to The Next Web, despite the recent ban, multiple illicit apps like JSEcoin are still appearing on the store, noting that Google developers have 30 days from the date of policy changes to comply.
Earlier in April, the tech giant had also the ban of all mining extensions from its Chrome Web Store, as well as all browser extensions to mine cryptocurrency. And in March, Google followed Facebook’s by a ban on all crypto-related ads of all kinds, a step that reportedly subsequently the crypto markets.
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