{"id":85630,"date":"2018-02-02T15:01:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-02T09:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs_admin.quickheal.com\/?p=85630"},"modified":"2018-02-02T17:09:40","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T11:39:40","slug":"beware-fake-apps-claim-help-invest-jiocoin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/beware-fake-apps-claim-help-invest-jiocoin\/","title":{"rendered":"Beware of fake apps that claim to help you invest in JioCoin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After news of Reliance Jio to launch its own cryptocurrency Jio emerged, a bunch of scammers seemed to have sprung into action.<\/p>\n<p>The Google Play Store was recently flooded with fake apps claiming to help users invest in JioCoin. And not long after this, Reliance issued an official statement rubbishing these apps saying, &#8220;<strong><b>Any such apps using the JioCoin name are fake and people are advised to refrain from dealing with any of them. Reliance Jio takes a serious note of such fraudulent attempts by unscrupulous persons to misguide the public in the name of Jio and reserves the right to take appropriate legal recourse.<\/b><\/strong>&#8220;<sup>[1]<\/sup><\/p>\n<p><sup>[1]<\/sup>\u00a0(Source: https:\/\/economictimes.indiatimes.com\/news\/company\/corporate-trends\/reliance-jio-warns-public-against-fake-jiocoin-apps\/articleshow\/62729300.cms)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85631\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs_admin.quickheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Capture.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1422\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Capture.png 1422w, https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Capture-300x104.png 300w, https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Capture-768x267.png 768w, https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Capture-650x226.png 650w, https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Capture-789x274.png 789w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1422px) 100vw, 1422px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Fig 1. Fake apps<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Quick Heal Security Labs\u2019 analysis of these apps<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>During our analysis, we found that these apps ask for personal information such as username, mobile number and email address, and show a message that the user is in a queue for JioCoin. But, nothing actually happens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-85633\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs_admin.quickheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Capture2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Capture2.png 864w, https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Capture2-300x250.png 300w, https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Capture2-768x640.png 768w, https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Capture2-468x390.png 468w, https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Capture2-789x658.png 789w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fig 2. The app asks for personal information<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One of these fake apps (that goes by the name Jio Coin) has been downloaded between 10,000 and 50,000 times. The app\u2019s icon looks similar to the official Jio icon and the developer goes by the name \u2018<strong><b>Rel<\/b><\/strong><strong><b>l<\/b><\/strong><strong><b>ance Digital<\/b><\/strong>\u2019 (not Reliance Digital) as shown in figure 3. As you may have noted, the same developer has another app called Gio TV.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-85635\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs_admin.quickheal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CompanyName.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1383\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CompanyName.png 1383w, https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CompanyName-300x57.png 300w, https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CompanyName-768x145.png 768w, https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CompanyName-650x123.png 650w, https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/CompanyName-789x149.png 789w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1383px) 100vw, 1383px\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Fig 3.<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Quick Heal Security Labs reported all these fake apps to Google and currently they are not available on the Play Store.<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>Details of the reported apps<\/b><\/strong><b><\/b><\/p>\n<p><strong><b>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MD5 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Package Name<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>f89a94b5b7a01644a7e73728bb8a3d59\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 jio.coin<\/p>\n<p>d4aaca239e5620f6d4e829edd6f6a8c0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 com.jio_coin.registration<\/p>\n<p>951df008a21aa62068d2e2843c182b9c\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 com.wFreeJioCoin_6351524<\/p>\n<p>7b53f382342cbfba5934aff50705ab82\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 com.wJioCoinIndianDigitalCurrency_6351459<\/p>\n<p>acdb03b659a7d4c850bcdb8f14286f7a\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 giotv.guide<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>How to stay away from fake apps<\/b><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check an app\u2019s description before you download it.<\/li>\n<li>Check the app developer\u2019s name and their website. If the name sounds strange or odd, you have reasons to suspect it.<\/li>\n<li>Go through the reviews and ratings of the app. But, note that, these can be fake too.<\/li>\n<li>Avoid downloading apps from third-party app stores.<\/li>\n<li>Use a reliable <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2isL3JA\"><u>mobile antivirus<\/u><\/a>\u00a0that can prevent fake and malicious apps from getting installed on your phone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After news of Reliance Jio to launch its own cryptocurrency Jio emerged, a bunch of scammers seemed to have sprung into action. The Google Play Store was recently flooded with fake apps claiming to help users invest in JioCoin. And not long after this, Reliance issued an official statement rubbishing these apps saying, &#8220;Any such [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":85666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[431,1566,318],"class_list":["post-85630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-android","tag-android","tag-fakeapp","tag-mobile-security"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85630"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85630"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85670,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85630\/revisions\/85670"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quickheal.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}