Comment by concinds

> The question is why is the scam app the #1 organic search result?

The real answer is that this has been happening for years. You can pay companies to pump up your app to the top of App Store search results or "app categories" lists, and they'll have farms of iPhones/Androids downloading apps to pump up their rank, and giving them 5 star reviews.

There have also been repeated problems with copycat apps that impersonate real indie apps (and sometimes end up earning more than the real app), which should have been a warning sign of the problems of App Review. Google "app store copycat" and you'll see.