Google yanks sketchy iMessage clone for Android from app store

An app that purportedly spoofed a Mac so that Android smartphone and tablet owners could send and receive text-like messages through Apple’s iMessage service disappeared today from the Google Play app store.

Google confirmed that it yanked the app for violating its store policies.

Dubbed “iMessage Chat,” the app came under quick fire Monday from other app developers who said the program may have been harvesting Apple ID usernames and passwords by passing packets through a China-based server.