Fake Google apps found in Windows Phone store

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Both android iOS have official apps from Google,  but Windows phone users are not blessed with the Google Apps.  But, they have one official Google search app for windows phone.

Recently some of Google apps including Google Hangouts, Google voice, Google + , Google maps and Gmail were placed in the Windows phone store with the price tag of $1.99.

While the legitimate Google search app for Windows has been published with developer name as 'Google Inc', all of these apps were published by "Google, Inc".

The clear intention here is to fool the windows phone users into believe these are official apps from Google.  These fake apps were first spotted by WinBeta.

Microsoft has removed these apps from its store, after The Next Web contacted the Microsoft about the issue.

“We removed a series of apps for violating our policies concerning the use of misleading information,” a Microsoft spokesperson told TNW. "The apps attempted to misrepresent the identity of the publisher."