Google Alert: Any game or & nbsp; Many people use the Play Store to download apps. Google recently removed & nbsp; 150 apps from the Play Store. These 150 SMS apps in the Play Store were part of a scam called UltimaSMS. The scam involved people being caught unaware of the & nbsp; premium SMS service and being charged. This SMS scam app & nbsp; has been downloaded more than 10.5 million times. & Nbsp;
What is an UltimaSMS scam?
Some scammers use & nbsp; & lsquo; Ultima SMS & rsquo; (UltimaSMS) in a premium SMS scam. The scam began in May 2021. The scammers cheated them by downloading keyboards, QR code scanners, video, image editors, spam call blockers, and camera filters. The app was downloaded by people from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United States, and many countries in the Middle East. & Nbsp;
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use the features of these fake apps, users need to provide their mobile number and e-mail information. They were then forced to pay using the user’s location and mobile carrier. The scammers were taking more than Rs 3,000. & Nbsp;
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& nbsp; Beware of fake & nbsp; SMS apps & nbsp;
From your carrier & nbsp; Disable the premium SMS option. & Nbsp;
Be sure to read the reviews when downloading the app to your mobile. & nbsp;
Google’s ‘He’ app has been downloaded more times than the world’s population.
In addition to YouTube, Facebook and its products are among the most downloaded in the world. In terms of downloads, YouTube tops the list with over one thousand crore downloads. After this, Facebook has captured the second number. Facebook has been downloaded 700 crore times so far. WhatsApp, Facebook’s second product, is at number three. WhatsApp has been downloaded 600 million times so far.