Google apps banned: Full list of 150 sickening apps booted from Play Store

Google has banned another 150 dangerous apps from its app store called the Google Play Store. These 150 malicious SMS scam apps on Play Store were part of a campaign called UltimaSMS wherein malicious actors sign victims up for expensive premium SMS services that earns them money while ultimately leaving victims facing big losses. Avast says that these apps have been downloaded more than 10.5 million times from Google Play Store and “are nearly identical in structure and functionality.” You can check link of full list of 150 SMS scam apps banned by Google Play Store later in article.

What is worrisome about UltimaSMS scam campaign is that it is not limited to a country or topography. Rather it is spread across the globe with Android users in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, UAE, Turkey, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, US and Poland being the most affected countries.