New Delhi, March 27 -- The US Embassy in India cancelled over 2,000 visa appointments over fraudulent activities, it said on Wednesday. The Embassy said that appointments were made by "bots" or "bad actors" which "violated their scheduling policies".

"Consular Team India is cancelling about 2,000 visa appointments made by bots. We have zero tolerance for agents and fixers that violate our scheduling policies," the US Embassy wrote in a post on X.

"Effective immediately, we are cancelling these appointments and suspending the associated accounts' scheduling privileges," they added.

"We will continue our anti-fraud efforts. We have zero tolerance for fraud," the post said.

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