Kerala police issues notice to Google, Meta over apps, ads linked to fake lotteries

Kerala police have issued a notice to Google to remove apps from its Play Store that are selling fake lotteries online in the name of the lottery run by the state.

A similar notice was issued to Meta to remove advertisements of such fake lotteries from social media platforms Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram managed by it, the State Police Media Centre (SPMC) said in a release on Wednesday.

Police took the action after cyber patrolling revealed that 60 fake lottery apps, 25 fake Facebook profiles and 20 websites are connected to the scam, the SPMC release said.