If you also book tickets through the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) website or mobile app, then there is an alert for you. IRCTC has said that at present many fake apps are going viral in the name of IRCTC. Some fake apps of IRCTC are on the Google Play-Store and APK files of some apps are going viral. Some fake websites of IRCTC are also running. Fake IRCTC apps and sites look just like the original. In such a situation, there is a problem in recognizing people. Let us tell you about these fake apps of IRCTC…
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.… — IRCTC (@IRCTCofficial) August 4, 2023
IRCTC's original mobile app?
For your information, let us tell you that IRCTC has only one official app for ticket booking called IRCTC Rail Connect. This app can be downloaded for free from Google Play Store and Apple's App Store. The IRCTC Rail Connect app has been downloaded by more than 50 million people from the Google Play Store and has a rating of 3.7. While downloading the app, you can check based on this information whether you are downloading the original 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 app. 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.
