This time the festival of Diwali will be celebrated on 12th November. In such a situation, people who stay away from their homes due to study, job, or other reasons are busy preparing to go home. At the same time, people are also booking train tickets to go home on Diwali. But everyone knows that getting a confirmed train ticket is not easy. People have been booking tickets several months in advance. In such a situation, now those who want train tickets to go home are trying to book confirmed tickets by any means. In such a situation, if you are also booking a train ticket, then you should keep some things in mind. Otherwise, due to one mistake of yours, you can become a victim of fraud and this happens a lot during festivals. So let us know which mistakes should be avoided. You can know about this in the next slides...

Those booking train tickets should keep these things in mind: -
Don't trust every broker
People are not getting confirmed train tickets, due to which people are now booking tickets through brokers because everyone has to go home to celebrate Diwali. But in such a situation, you have to keep in mind that do not trust every broker especially those who sell tickets while roaming near the railway station. These can be fraud and can defame you. Therefore, if you are booking tickets through a broker, then get it done from a trusted place only.

Avoiding fake apps and websites
Many people make the mistake of searching on Google to book train tickets. There are many such fake websites that ask you to download some app saying that you can get confirmed train tickets from here. But in reality, as soon as you download this app, your mobile can be hacked and fraudsters can empty your bank account. Therefore, always book online tickets from the official app of IRCTC or the official portal irctc.co.in/get/train-search.

Avoid fake calls
Many people also call the Railways for tickets or information about any train. In such a situation, they go to Google and search for railway customer care numbers, etc. But here you should know that during this time you may also come across many fake numbers, on calling which they can cheat you by luring you into their words. Therefore, keep in mind that the official helpline number of Indian Railways (Rail Madad) is 139, from where you can get information about train movement, information through PNR, seat availability, etc.

Avoiding unknown links
On the occasion of Diwali, many people are not able to get confirmed tickets, and fraudsters try to take advantage of this. They call you and ask you to book the ticket through some link, from where you will get the confirmed ticket. But these are completely fake links, which work to scam you by stealing your data. Therefore do not trust any such unknown link.

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