Kerala cyber wing uncovers 60 fraudulent lottery apps

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state cyber investigation wing has identified around 60 fraudulent apps posing as platforms for purchasing online lotteries issued by the state government. These apps were detected during routine cyber patrolling and have been found to be defrauding gullible individuals.

In addition to the apps, the cyber sleuths flagged 25 Facebook profiles and 20 websites involved in the scam. They have requested search engines to remove these fraudulent sites and profiles from their platforms.