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There are fake authenticator apps which will look very similar to the genuine apps but may ask you to pay an annual or monthly subscription fee to use the app.  The genuine apps will never ask for payment. Some fake apps may also attempt to steal data from your phone including personal data, passwords and MFA tokens which with unauthorised third parties putting could put Lawmaker, other corporate systems and potentially your own digital identity at risk.

To avoid downloading a fake authenticator app, ensure you are downloading the app from a reliable source such as Google Play store or Microsoft’s store.  The genuine app may not always be the first on the list within the store if you search for an authenticator app.

Other things you can check for:

• Check that the publisher of the app is who you would expect, for Google it will be Google LLC and for Microsoft it be Microsoft Corporation (check the spelling carefully as fake apps may have just one wrong letter). 

• Look for grammar mistakes in the description which may indicate that it is not a real app.

• Check the reviews - a lack of reviews or suspicious content may suggest the app is fake.