Every day lakhs of people book tickets through the website and mobile app of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC). Many people book tickets on their own and many people book tickets through agents. If you are one of those who book tickets themselves then there is an alert for you. According to IRCTC, many fake apps are going viral in the name of IRCTC. Some fake apps of IRCTC are on Google Play Store and APK files of some apps are going viral. Some fake websites of IRCTC are also running. Let us tell you about these fake apps of IRCTC...
IRCTC's real mobile app?
For your information, let us tell you that IRCTC has only one official app for ticket booking which is named IRCTC Rail Connect. This app can be downloaded for free from Google Play Store and Apple App Store. IRCTC Rail Connect app has been downloaded by more than 5 crore people from Google Play Store and it has got a rating of 3.7. While downloading the app, you can check based on this information whether you are downloading the real app or a fake one.
IRCTC Official is also written with this app which confirms that this is the official app. To avoid fake apps, do not download the app from any third-party source. From this screenshot, you can identify the real and fake apps. The fake app is going viral in the name of irctcconnect.apk. This APK file is being shared on Telegram and WhatsApp. https://irctc.creditmobile.site is a fake site. The actual site of IRCTC is https://www.irctc.co.in.
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