IRCTC Rail Connect mobile app fraud: Scammers using phishing links to scam users — IRCTC issues tips to safely download ticketing application

Fake IRCTC Rail Connect mobile app scam: The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has alerted that several fraudulent applications are present on Google Play Store and Apple Store that look like its official ticketing app — IRCTC Rail Connect mobile app — but instead they're fraudulent apps that can steal user's money and data. Also, the company stated that spammers are sending spurious messages in bulk with malicious phishing links that, if clicked on, can hack into the mobile phones of the user and steal personal information and clean up their bank account without their knowledge. 

How the fake IRCTC Rail Connect mobile app scam works

IRCTC stated that fraudsters are sending such messages with phishing links in bulk that ask users to download what looks as the real IRCTC Rail Connect mobile app. When downloaded the fake app either installs malware into the users' phones, or uses their login credentials and app permissions to skim through personal data and then hacks into mobile banking apps or transfers the vital personal information over to the scamsters. 

In a message shared on Twitter, IRCTC stated: "Alert: It has been reported that a malicious and fake mobile app campaign is in circulation where some fraudsters are sending phishing links at a mass level and insisting users download fake ‘IRCTC Rail Connect’ mobile app to trick common citizens into fraudulent activities."

How to stay safe

IRCTC has asked users to only download the official IRCTC Rail Connect mobile app from Google Play Store or Apple Store only and to contact IRCTC website and customer care number for more information.

In the tweet, IRCTC stated: "People are advised not to fall prey of such fraudsters and use only IRCTC’s official Rail Connect Mobile Apps from Google Play Store or Apple Store, and call IRCTC Customer Care on official numbers published on IRCTC official website http://irctc.co.in."

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