New Delhi, May 11 -- Apps claiming to reveal someone else's call history may sound tempting on paper, but a new report suggests millions of Android users may have been scammed with promises of revealing details about people who called them. The report by security research firm ESET has revealed that 28 scam Android apps available through the Google Play Store were downloaded more than 7.3 million times and tricked users into paying for fabricated data.

The apps, collectively named "CallPhantom" by researchers, falsely claimed that they could retrieve private call logs, SMS records, and even WhatsApp call history for any phone number entered by the user. In reality, the apps simply generated fake data and asked users to pay subscriptions ...