78-yr-old man loses over Rs 4 lakh while trying to cancel tickets on IRCTC website

A 78-year-old man from Kerala fell victim to an online scam and lost over Rs 4 lakhs while trying to cancel tickets on IRCTC website

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The scam involved a fake website and a person impersonating as a railway employee

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M Mohammed Bashir, a resident of Vandipetta, Kozhikode, was trying to cancel train tickets on IRCTC website as his travel plans changed

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Then he received a call from a person who was pretending to be a railway official

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He persuaded Basheer to download a mobile app called 'Rest Desk', which allowed the scammers to access his phone

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Baseer soon received notification that money had been withdrawn from his savings account

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The money was taken out in 4 different transactions, with a total of Rs 4,05,919

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Basheer then formatted his phone to prevent further data breaches

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He reported the incident to both the bank and the cyber cell

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