Google Play Store has different apps for different purposes like productivity, entertainment and gaming. Google keeps adding different apps on the Play Store for making our lives easy but sometimes some scam apps also get listed on the Play Store. Google has recently removed around 150 dangerous apps that are believed to be a part of a scam campaign called UltimaSMS
Google Banned 150 Malicious Apps
All these apps were having different functionalities like some of them were Photo Editors, some were video editors, QR code scanners, fitness apps, mobile scanners etc. Avast which is a premier web security software has reported this campaign UltimaSMS smartphone to track your phone’s location, the IMEI number, the area and country code. It will ask you for your phone number and email address.
After taking your details it will sign you up for a paid subscription of the SMS service which costs from 40 to $50 per month. Every week you will be charged for this service without your approval so Google decided to remove all those apps which were a part of this SMS scam. Let us check out the apps one by one. We recommend that you delete the following apps if they are present on your smartphone currently
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Apps Removed from Play Store
- Ultima Keyboard 3D Pro
- VideoMixer Editor Pro
- FX Animate Editor Pro
- Battery Animation Charge 2021
- Dynamic HD & 4K Wallpapers
- RGB Neon HD Keyboard Background
- AppLock X FREE
- NewVision Camera
- Ultra Camera HD
- Wi-Fi Password Unlock
- Wi-Fi Around: All Wi-Fi and Hotspots Unlock
- Colorful Call Screen & Phone Flash
- Waterdrinker Reminder
- GT Sports Racing Online
- Magic Fonts and Keyboard 2021
- All Language Photo and Voice Translator Al
- Crime City: Revenge
- Reface Ultra
- Projector HD/AR Video Editor
- LivePhoto Animator
- Ludo Masterpiece Online
- New Body Shape Editor
- Call Voice Recording 2.0
- Pro Tuber Ad Blocker for Video
- Magic Mix Cut – Super Video Editor
- Future Scanner FREE 2021
- Pro Video Downloader 2021
- AmazeTranslate
- Football Masters 2021
You can check the complete list of spam apps removed here Read Avast’s complete report on the SMS Scam here
We advise you to delete these apps if any one of them is present on your mobile phone. After removing go for a virus and malware scan of your phone. You can use Avast security for the same. Stay tuned to TechAdvises for more useful tech news.