Duplicate of WhatsApp

The duplicate of WhatsApp is downloaded by 1 million user the app which is exactly look like WhatsApp in google play store and it looks like a update version of WhatsApp

As to how the developer was able to get away with the name WhatsApp Inc., it appears that he “added a Unicode character space after the actual WhatsApp Inc. name,” essentially fooling unsuspecting users into believing they were downloading a legit app from the Facebook-owned property.

The app itself, as you might expect, appears to be a rudimentary chat client but its real objective is to trick users into clicking on third-party ads and coerce them into downloading presumably malicious software. One enterprising Redditor who examined the software observed:

I’ve also installed the app and decompiled it. The app itself has minimal permissions (internet access) but it’s basically an ad-loaded wrapper which has some code to download a second apk, also called “whatsapp.apk” The app also tries to hide itself by not having a title and having a blank icon.

The app has since been removed from the Google Play Store, but a snapshot of the app shows the lengths to which the developers went to fool users into thinking it was the real deal.