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Over a million Android users fooled by fake WhatsApp app in official Google Play Store

mark l 2 Silver badge

Re: 'two bytes at the end forming an invisible space'

I expect the scammer in this case made a pretty penny from the fake version. Even some of the less reputable ad networks pay around $2 - $3 CPM, so with a million downloads even if just one ad is show per user that is $2000 - $3000 profit, and if some of them had clicked on the ads it could be into the tens of thousands profit range for very little work.

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