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The Economic Times
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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Godaddy warns indias fake website crackdown could make internet less safe | Mind Blowing Facts

New Delhi: The world's biggest internet domain seller, GoDaddy, has ​warned that India's crackdown on fake websites impersonating famous brands will make the internet less safe for legitimate businesses and carry global ramifications.

Soaring smartphone and internet use has ​coincided with a worsening problem of online fraud in India, the world's most populous nation. It's a key challenge for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government, which last year received 2.4 million complaints of alleged cyber fraud amounting to $2.4 billion.

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