ESET Research uncovers CallPhantom scam on Google Play: Fake logs for real money

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• – ESET researchers discover 28 fraudulent apps on Google Play claiming to provide call history 'for any number' and trick users into paying for fake data.
• – The apps, dubbed CallPhantom, have been downloaded over 7.3 million times.
• – Google has removed all identified apps from Google Play after ESET reported their findings.