fake WhatsApp was spotted on the Google Play Store. The app was named “Update WhatsApp Messenger” with

Yesterday,  fake WhatsApp was spotted on the Google Play Store. The app was named “Update WhatsApp Messenger” with Yesterday,  fake WhatsApp was spotted on the Google Play Store. The app was named “Update WhatsApp Messenger” with developer name as ‘WhatsApp Inc*’. in 24 hour , and it has over a million downloads already. The only difference between the original and the fake app is that the fake one has added a Unicode character space after the WhatsApp Inc. name. In a computer code the difference is more obvious—it reads WhatsApp+Inc%C2%A0. But to average Android users browsing Google Play, that character space would be easy to miss.It looks like in this case, the people who got fooled by the fake app got lucky, as the app’s  main motive goal was just to create advertising revenue. by using same technique hackers can use the same techniques—stealing you all your personal data by creating fake apps. check this also  How to read WhatsApp messages without the sender knowing (iPhone / Android) ;The The dummy app was spotted by a Reddit user just yesterday. If it isn’t clear already, The dummy app’s developer is apparently unknown, but the culprit later changed the name of the app to “Dual Whatsweb Update,” and removed the “WhatsApp Inc.” developer title. “we can confirm that the app was removed from Google Play and the developer account was suspended for violating google progra program policies,” a Google spokesperson told. theire are so many fake apps present on google playstore recentlty temple run 2 fake version uploaded on google playstore months of october so before downloading any legitimate apps please read all the reveiew  what people is saying about the apps]]>