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Junk in the iTunes App Store

As of September 9, 2014 Apple announced that there are 1.3 million apps in the App Store. Pretty sure the 1.3 million figure include the junk in the App Store.

I was re-downoading XCOM: Enemy Unknown on my iPad, and I saw an app titled:

GamePRO – X-COM Enemy Within Edition

XCOM in the App Store

I had a hunch, so I checked out this “GamePRO – X-COM Enemy Within Edition” app. My hunch was right; this is a junk app.

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The reviews shows that this app is completely misleading.

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This “developer” seems to have a lot of apps published in the App Store. All of them are complete junk.

Junk in the App Store Michelle Bernardo

Info on they “developer”:

Michelle Bernardo
IngeniusGames.com

Junk App Michelle Bernardo IngeniusGames_com

This is what IngeniusGames.com look like:

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It is a WordPress site with sample contents from the theme. I wonder how Apple App Store Team approved any apps from this so called developer?

If you see this kind of misleading, scummy junk apps, please report it to Apple.

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Spam Alert: Fake Drive Service Email

It seems that the same scammers/spammers who have been sending the Dropbox and Picasa phising email are still at it again.

The spam pretending to come from “Drive Service” which does not exist.

Spam Drive Service

This particular “Drive Service” spam includes a modified privacy policy from Livedrive (livedrive.com).

Spam purporting from Drive Service

Another spam purporting from “HomeVideo Library”, which is likely non-existent.

Spam Fake HomeVideo Library

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Scam Alert: Fake Email from Dropbox

It seems the same group of spammer/scammer is at it again, This time they are sending fake Dropbox email.

Remember that Dropbox does not send emails to users that their “image has been damaged”.

If you’re an iCloud user, forward this message as attachment to spam@icloud.com.

You could also use SpamCop’s services and please donate if you can.

Spam Fake Dropbox

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Picasa Phishing Spam

We’ve been getting reports from a lot of people that they are also getting the fake Picasa email.

First and foremost, Picasa (Google) does not send you any email regarding your photos. There are no Picasa Photo Contest. Picasa does not actively “search” for your damaged photos.

Here are some screenshots of the phishing spam emails:

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Spam Alert: Fake Email from Picasa

Since when Google sends “corrupted” photo notifications to Picasa Web Albums user? The layout of this spam/phishing email looks exactly the same like the other phishing/spam emails purporting from iMessage, iCloud, Whatsapp, Google Voice, etc.

Phishing Alert Fake Picasa Email

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Scam Alert: Fake WhatsApp Messages

The scammers keep trying to fool anyone by blindly sending messages to unsuspecting victims. I’ve been getting a lot of reports from acquaintances that they received similar scam email in the past few days.

First off, I always keep an eye for this type of scam emails. Second, I don’t use WhatsApp.

If you’re an iCloud user, forward this message as attachment to spam@icloud.com.

I also use a service called SpamCop at SpamCop.net. If you feel compelled to use their service, please donate if you can.

Scam Message WhatsApp