Be careful of fake apps, one mistake will cost you dearly, IRCTC warns
IRCTC Warns About Fake App: Many fake apps of IRCTC are going viral in the form of Play Store and APK files which claim to give confirmed tickets to the people. Through these apps, even full seats are being shown as vacant seats. IRCTC apps are just like the original. Let us tell you about these fake apps of IRCTC.
Every day lakhs of people travel by train in the country. Many lakhs of people buy tickets from the ticket booking counter and lakhs of people book tickets from IRCTC's website and mobile app, but you will be surprised to know that many fake apps of IRCTC are going viral in the form of Play Store and APK files. Claim to give confirmed tickets to people. Through these apps, even full seats are being shown as vacant seats. IRCTC apps are just like the original. 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 on the basis of 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 app.
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.