Online scams are constantly on the rise. Scammers are taking money out of people’s accounts as a result of a new fraud called the IRCTC fraud. Beware of this fraud if you are canceling rail tickets. These individuals are the targets of this scam, which has defrauded people of thousands of rupees. When 78-year-old Keralan Mohammed Basheer attempted to change his train reservation using the IRCTC website, he was tricked. His bank account lost 4 lakh rupees in an instant. A man impersonating a railway employee and a phony website were both used in the scam.
Cancellations of IRCTC train tickets
Basheer ended up on a phony website when he attempted to cancel his ticket. At the same moment, he received a call from an individual pretending to be a railway worker. He spoke Hindi and English to Basheer. Bashir was instructed to enter a search term on Google, and after doing so, he navigated to the bogus website. The con artist eventually gained control of Basheer’s device. In accordance with the instructions, Basheer also disclosed his bank account and ATM card information.
On Basheer’s screen, there was a blue dot,
which signifies that malware has been put on his smartphone. To take control of the victim’s device, scammers typically install different kinds of malware. It’s probable that the con artist employed a RAT to take full control of Basheer’s device. This indicates that the keylogger may have been used by the con artist to steal private data, including passwords and financial details. Additionally, it’s possible that the con artist employed spyware, a form of malware made to secretly observe the victim’s behavior and gather information without their awareness.
When he received an IRCTC notification telling him that money
had been taken from his savings account, Basheer experienced the shock of the hoax. He then swiftly made it to the bank. However, by that point, his fixed deposit had also been withdrawn for Rs. 4 lakh. Three distinct phone numbers were used by the con artists to call Basheer numerous times. He attempted to contact the bank after receiving the initial sum, but the con artists prevented him from doing so. Basheer then made the decision to format his phone in order to stop any more data breaches. He also reported the incident to the police and the bank’s cyber cell.
The scammers gained access to Basheer’s phone
after downloading an app named “Rest Desk,” the police’s cyber squad discovered after conducting an investigation. The funds came in the form of four distinct transactions, each of which involved a debit from Kolkata totaling Rs 4,05,919 in total. The authorities appear to be under the impression that the phone numbers used to reach Basheer are connected to people in Bengal and Bihar.
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