Social media is a platform that is becoming quite popular these days because of its user-friendly features. It helps people connect and share information. Social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter are giving people a chance to stay in touch with each other across distances. Therefore, it is safe to say that the whole world is at our fingertips all thanks to social media.
However, as much as there are pros to it there are also bigger cons that you should be aware of. Sometimes, while using social media we forget to make sure that we are using it responsibly. As a result, this negligence leads to bigger consequences. Here is a shocking tale that will make you realize things that you never pondered upon.
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A Mumbai woman tweeted all her train ticket details online, leading to cyber fraud of Rs 64,000
A resident of Vile Parle Mumbai named MN Meena became a target of crazy cyber fraudsters. This happened when she was complaining about her RAC ticket on IRCTC’s Twitter handle.
As per the reports of the Times of India, she wished to travel to Bhuj on January 14. Therefore, she booked 3 tickets on the IRCTC site. However, due to all seats being booked she got RAC (Reservation Against Cancellation) seats. In order to not travel by just sitting and having their tickets confirmed as soon as possible she posted the train ticket details and her mobile number on Twitter and asked IRCTC for further assistance.
After waiting for a while, she received a call that led to five fraudulent fund transfers. The defrauder introduced himself as an employee from the IRCTC and asked Meena’s son (who attended the call) to fill up their details on a shared link and pay Rs 2 to get their train ticket to Bhuj confirmed for 14th January. Both Meena and her son believed that the call is legit considering only a while back they tweeted their issue. However, it led to them losing a big amount of Rs 64,011.
Here is what Meena said in the FIR about the whole issue
While talking to the police Meena shared as we quote,
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“My son believed the caller as the call was received sometime after the complaint was tweeted on IRCTC’s Twitter page. The caller claimed he was from IRCTC’s customer care and assured us of getting our ticket confirmed. The person asked to fill up in the details after clicking on a link sent on the mobile. Bank details and other information were filled in and uploaded. Later we found five transaction alerts on my mobile.”
She further added by stating,
“We had tweeted the complaint, thinking that if our RAC seats do not get confirmed, we would have to travel sitting which will be difficult.”
The police informed that the fraudsters asked them to pay Rs 2 via UPI. Along with this, the phishing link that was shared by them stole the victim’s confidential details and the PIN number. This is what made them smoothly execute the whole fraud. The officer said,
“They realized they were duped when they tried to call on the same number which was found switched off,”
Therefore, what needs to be understood is never to share confidential details online.
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