Apple has not yet removed the fake Rabby Wallet app when users reported that it was leaking

A fake version of crypto wallet app RabiWallet is reportedly wreaking havoc on unsuspecting Apple App Store users.

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A fake iOS app has resurfaced. Please note that our iOS app is still under review.

Identify the real app by Developer: DeBank (Android) and DeBank Global Pte. Ltd. (iOS).

For safe downloads, use only our official website: https://t.co/OX9HxHo354

— Rabbi Wallet (@Rabby_io) February 16, 2024

The fake app is currently listed on the App Store under “Rabby Wallet & Crypto Solution” by a company called “Solution Development” with a version history of at least four days.

However, despite a chorus of users reporting the fake app to Apple, the app appears to still exist.

A concerned user with the name ‘manolodf' started a thread on Reddit on February 18 to warn others about the fake wallet app. They posted a similar thread on Apple's discussion board, sharing screenshots of users who lost money to the malicious app.

“This is crazy and should never happen to Apple's ecosystem, how fake crypto wallets do it on the App Store, impersonating the real one and stealing their money,” they asked.

“About $5,000 was swindled this morning from this scam,” one victim said. Since the app has been reported several times before, I have raised a support issue with Apple to see if there is any refund mechanism.

“I lost 10% of my portfolio to fake Rabby_io app from Apple Store,” wrote another on X.

NFT collector ‘bthemouth' reported that their wallet was leaked after importing genealogy via fake rabbi app. At the time of writing, the user shared an address that is said to be the hacker's, worth less than 14 ETH worth $40,000.

So today I was blown away by the fake wallet on the @Apple appstore. It was a wallet that looked like @Rabby_io and imported my seed into it. After that, the person behind the scam was able to get rid of most of my assets.

So beware of wallets even on the app store (a wallet of…

— bthemouth (@bthemouth) February 16, 2024

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This is not the first time that a fake Rabi wallet has made its way onto the App Store. The app appeared on the App Store in October and December last year, according to a warning issued by Rabi's team at the time.

Similarly, on February 14, a fake Curve Finance app was reportedly discovered and registered on the Apple App Store.

In November last year, Cointelegraph reported that nearly $600,000 was stolen by a fake Ledger Live app that infiltrated the Microsoft App Store.

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