Apple just removed hundreds of fake shopping apps from the App Store<article>
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<p>Just in time for the holiday shopping season, the iOS App Store is seeing a deluge of fake shopping apps branding themselves with designer names in hopes of trapping gullible buyers. Apple is now stepping in to remove the counterfeit apps, which are sneaking in by changing the content after Apple’s approval or by resubmitting apps under different names and credentials after being outed as fraudulent.</p><p>After reports of apps using reputable companies’ names to shill their fake wares in the App Store surfaced in the
New York Times and
New York Post, Apple removed hundreds of offenders. But hucksters keep coming back: The
Times found that an app called Overstock Inc. was trying to convince shoppers that it was Overstock.com by selling clothes and Ugg boots. Apple killed the app, only to see it return the next day, because sketchy developers are finding new ways to bypass the company’s traditionally tough app review process.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3139393/ios/apple-just-removed-hundreds-of-fake-shopping-apps-from-the-app-store.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Apple just removed hundreds of fake shopping apps from the App Store
