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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
Technology

Meta removes ads for fraud apps posing as porn after India sounds alarm

Meta on Monday removed dozens of advertisements after India flagged ​a pattern of Facebook and ​Instagram ads using sexually explicit content to lure users into downloading ​malware that could steal banking credentials and drain bank accounts.

India recorded nearly $2.4 billion in cyber-fraud losses in 2025, government data shows, as scam operators increasingly target the country's digital-payments boom.

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