Mohammed Basheer, 78, from Kerala tried to cancel his train ticket using the IRCTC website and fell victim to the scam. 4 lakh rupees flew away from his account. The scam involved a fake website and a man posing as a railway employee.
Online Scams are increasing continuously. A new scam named IRCTC Scam has come to the fore, due to which scammers are withdrawing money from people’s accounts. Those canceling train tickets need to be careful of this scam. These people are being targeted and people are being cheated of lakhs of rupees due to this scam.
Mohammed Basheer, 78, from Kerala tried to cancel his train ticket using the IRCTC website and fell victim to the scam. 4 lakh rupees flew away from his account. The scam involved a fake website and a man posing as a railway employee.
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When Basheer tried to cancel his ticket, he found himself on a fake website. At the same time, the person who was posing himself as a railway employee contacted him on the phone. He spoke to Basheer in English and Hindi. He asked Bashir to type something on Google and following the steps, he went to the fake website. After some time, the scammer got control of Basheer’s device. Basheer also shared his bank account details and ATM card details as per the guidance.
A blue dot was visible on Basheer’s screen, which indicates that malware is installed in his device . Scammers usually install various types of malware to gain control of the victim’s device. It is possible that the scammer used a RAT to gain complete access to Basheer’s device. This means that sensitive information, such as passwords and banking credentials, could have been obtained by the scammer using the keylogger. In addition, the scammer may have used spyware, a type of malware designed to covertly monitor the victim’s activities and collect data without their knowledge.
Basheer felt the shock of the scam when he received a message informing him that money had been withdrawn from his savings account. After which he immediately reached the bank. However, by then Rs 4 lakh had also been withdrawn from his fixed deposit. The scammers repeatedly contacted Basheer using three different phone numbers.
After receiving the first amount, he tried to contact the bank, however the scammers stopped him from doing so. Thereafter, Basheer decided to format his phone to prevent any further data breach. He also informed the cyber cell of the bank and the police about the incident.
Investigation by the cyber cell of the police revealed that downloading an app called ‘Rest Desk’ gave the scammers access to Basheer’s phone. The money came in the form of four separate transactions, in which a debit of Rs 4,05,919 was made from Kolkata. The police imply that they have a suspicion that the phone numbers used to contact Basheer are linked to persons in Bengal and Bihar.
