In app scam

[richwoodrocket]

I was using the cheezburger app, browsing through failblog, and this popup came up. Its an ad. Clever marketing for the scam. Didn't waste my time looking at the app but this is very shady. Someone that isn't knowledgeable could very easily download the app and be scammed into paying money. They really must be dumb, because it says ads.yahoo.com.

 

[Apple blogger]

I was using the cheezburger app, browsing through failblog, and this popup came up. Its an ad. Clever marketing for the scam. Didn't waste my time looking at the app but this is very shady. Someone that isn't knowledgeable could very easily download the app and be scammed into paying money. They really must be dumb, because it says ads.yahoo.com.
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Go to settings> privacy> advertising> limit ad tracking .. See if it helps

 

[ChristianVirtual]

Maybe send it also to Apple ... they might be interested to figure out what app is promoted and have a talk with the provider. At least worth a try.

 

[richwoodrocket]

Maybe send it also to Apple ... they might be interested to figure out what app is promoted and have a talk with the provider. At least worth a try.

How do I go about doing this?

 

[ChristianVirtual]

How do I go about doing this?

You could try via here: https://getsupport.apple.com/Issues.action
or http://www.apple.com/feedback/

There is maybe also a link in iTunes with feedback on apps directly.

 

[richwoodrocket]

You could try via here: https://getsupport.apple.com/Issues.action

or http://www.apple.com/feedback/



There is maybe also a link in iTunes with feedback on apps directly.

Hmm. Not really an issue for me as I didn't fall for it but others might so I will try those links.

 

[rctlr]

This smells more of a "wrapper" app, an app that is basically picking up the mobile webpage of the website and displaying it, much like the BBC sport app.
If the site has nefarious advertising, then that might shine through the app to the user.

 

[C DM]

This smells more of a "wrapper" app, an app that is basically picking up the mobile webpage of the website and displaying it, much like the BBC sport app.
If the site has nefarious advertising, then that might shine through the app to the user.

That's exactly what it seems like.

 

[richwoodrocket]

That's exactly what it seems like.

The app dosent look like the mobile website.

 

[C DM]

The app dosent look like the mobile website.

It could still be just pulling web data, including some sort of embedded pop-up type of calls or ads that can appear that way. It could still be the app itself in some sense, but that pop-up seems to be more like what you get with web content.