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Apple Blocks $9 billion in App Store Fraud Over Five Years

HighlightsJournal 17 Ömer Yakabagi May 27

Ömer Yakabagi

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  • $2B+ in Fraud Blocked: In 2024 alone, Apple stopped over $2 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions.
  • 1.9M+ Risky Apps Blocked: Over 1.9 million app submissions were rejected for violating security, privacy, or quality standards.
  • Massive App Review Scale: Apple reviewed 7.7 million apps, rejecting 43K for hidden features, 320K for spam/clones, and 400K for privacy violations.
  • Account Enforcement:
    • 146K developer accounts terminated for fraud.
    • 711M customer account creations blocked; 129M accounts deactivated.
  • Pirate App Crackdown: Blocked 10K+ pirate apps and stopped 4.6M illicit installs outside official stores.
  • Rating Manipulation Prevention:
    • Processed 1.2B+ reviews, removed 143M+ fake reviews.
    • Removed 7,400+ apps from charts and 9,500+ from search results.
  • Payment Security:
    • Detected 4.7M stolen cards, banned 1.6M accounts.
    • 420K+ apps use Apple Pay/StoreKit for secure transactions.

Bottom Line

Apple continues to invest heavily in fraud prevention, protecting users and developers with strict app review, account monitoring, and payment security across its 813M weekly App Store visitors.

Account Fraud

An infographic titled “Protecting App Store Users: Account Fraud in 2024” contains the following stats: 1) Over 146,000 developer accounts terminated over fraud concerns; 2) Over 139,000 fraudulent developer enrollments rejected; 3) Over 711 million potentially fraudulent customer account creations rejected; 4) Nearly 4.6 million attempts to install or launch apps distributed illicitly outside the App Store or approved third-party marketplaces stopped.

App Review

An infographic titled “Protecting App Store Users: App Review in 2024” contains the following stats: 1) Over 7.7 million App Store submissions reviewed; 2) Over 1.9 million app submissions rejected for failing to meet Apple’s standards; 3) Over 400,000 app submissions rejected for privacy violations; 4) Over 320,000 app submissions rejected for spam, copycats, or misleading users.

Discovery Fraud

An infographic titled “Protecting App Store Users: Discovery Fraud in 2024” contains the following stats: 1) Over 1.2 billion ratings and reviews processed; 2) Over 143 million fraudulent ratings and reviews removed; 3) Over 7,400 potentially fraudulent apps removed from App Store charts; 4) Nearly 9,500 deceptive apps removed from App Store search results.

Payment and Credit Card Fraud

An infographic titled “Protecting App Store Users: Payment and Credit Card Fraud in 2024” contains the following stats: 1) Over $2 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions prevented; 2) Over 4.7 million stolen credit cards prevented from being used; 3) Over 1.6 million accounts banned from transacting again.

Source: Apple

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