New Delhi :
Tourism means summer holidays across the country. Thousands of people throng the tourism and pilgrimage of the country in this season. However, many times people also have to face fraud during online booking. Such fraud is carried out through paid advertisements on search engines like fake websites, misleading social media pages, Facebook posts and search engines like Google. In view of this, the Indian Cyber ​​Crime Coordination Center under the Union Home Ministry has warned the common people about online booking. Let us know how you can avoid such fraud and what you should do if you fall prey to such an event.

This is how fraud occurs during online booking

Along with this, the Cyber ​​Crime Coordination Center of India has told how pilgrims and tourists are cheated.

• Helicopter booking for Kedarnath, Char Dham
• Guest house and hotel booking for pilgrims
• Online cab/taxi service booking
• Holiday package and religious trips

… and then it is announced to be cheated

People pay without any doubt through these portals. However, they feel cheated when there is no confirmation or service of booking and the numbers given for contact are out of reach.

Be cautious, avoid this way

People have been advised to take precautions. By adopting some such easy remedies, you can avoid online fraud:

1. Always check for the authenticity of the website before making any payment.
2. Verify before clicking on ‘sponsored’ or unknown link on Google, Facebook or WhatsApp.
3. Booking only through official government portals or reliable travel agencies.
4. Complain such websites immediately on National Cyber ​​Crime Reporting Portal: www.cybercrime.gov.in or call 1930 in case of any fraud.
5. Kedarnath helicopter booking can be done through https://www.heliyatra.irctc.co.in.
6. The official website of Somnath Trust is https://somnath.org and guest house booking can be done through it.

Strategy to stop such cases

The Indian Cyber ​​Crime Coordination Center is making many efforts to prevent such cases. This strategy is being adopted for this:

• Scam signal exchange: Scam signals are being shared regularly with IT intermediaries such as Google, WhatsApp, Facebook, so that it can be actively detected.
• Enforcement (Enforcement): Cyber ​​crime hotspots are being identified. Also, states/union territories are being made more sensitive about this.
• Cyber ​​patrolling: Access to social media accounts of fake websites/advertisements is being disabled, so that citizens are protected.
• Investigation and complaint of suspects: The investigation and reporting facility of suspects has been developed on the National Cyber ​​Crime Reporting Portal, so that there is no problem in filing a complaint.