Whether browsing the App Store or Google Play Store, be cautious of unauthorised in-app purchases and unscrupulous games. It’s been a while since I’ve done this, but I’m going to attempt. The publishers might deceive you in order to steal enormous sums of money from you.
Avoiding these games at all costs is advisable. Continue reading to find out if one of your favourite activities to spend the time could be a trap for you.
Never play these play-to-earn games, says the FBI.
The FBI issues a warning about thieves making phoney gaming apps to steal millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrencies. The apps are advertised by criminals as games that gamers may play to make money from.
Here is how the con operates. Online contacts are made by criminals, and over time, relationships are formed. The thieves then introduce their victims to an online or mobile game where they claim you may get cryptocurrency rewards for completing tasks like raising “crops” on an animated farm.
Criminals instruct you to open a cryptocurrency wallet, buy bitcoin, and sign up for a certain game app in order to play. The more money victims store in their wallets, the more rewards they can win in the game.
While you play the game, you can see false awards racking up in the app. After you cease adding money to the cryptocurrency wallet, thieves use a malicious programme that you unintentionally enabled when you joined the game to empty your wallet.
How to avoid being scammed by bogus gaming apps?
- Make a separate wallet if you want to take part in cryptocurrency games. In the event that you unintentionally give thieves access to your gaming wallet, this isolates your main bitcoin assets.
- To independently verify the balances of the addresses in your game wallet, use a third-party blockchain explorer.
- Use a third-party token allowance checker sometimes to assist you identify which websites or apps you unintentionally gave access to your wallet and withdraw those permissions.