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A fake Android app pretending to be Google Chrome reportedly got 100,000 Play Store downloads before Google removed it.

A Reddit user spotted the fake “Chrome” app as a sponsored suggestion above the real version. As Android Authority reports, the app was originally added to the Play Store as a “Ball Bounce” game before the developer reskinned it as a Chrome dupe.

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