Honestly surprised nobody has brought attention to this issue yet.
There is an advance fee scam app, calling itself “Quantum AI”, available for download right now on the Play Store. It has over 10k downloads and a 2.7 star rating, with a host of one star reviews calling them out. You may have heard of it already; an ad for the “service” ran on YouTube for over seven months before finally being taken down after numerous reports. [Here](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZadSo-HBMMM) is a re-uploaded copy. (Cringe warning: worst voiceover I have ever seen)
The fact that it is even on the play store preys on the less technically inclined among us. A lot of people (misguidedly) place their trust in Google. This has almost certainly resulted in someone who may have otherwise avoided the scam falling for it.
The worst part? This clearly demonstrates the absence of a manual review process for play store apps. No wonder so much malware slips through!
Google, as always, put their profit before their consumers. They remove useful apps from the Play Store, but as they do not affect their bottom line Google simply ignore scams that could potentially cost people thousands. Link to the offending app [here](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quantumai.trading).