Online Booking Scams Targeting Kedarnath Char Dham Religious Places Govt Warns People in India

Technology and internet have made our lives easier, but some such incidents have also started coming out, which is stolen from people’s personal information and money. Online scams and frauds are seen every day. Recently, the Cyber ​​Crime Coordination Center of India (i4C) has alerted religious pilgrims and passengers especially about online booking fraud across the country. These scams are using paid advertisements on search engines like fake website, misleading social media pages, Facebook posts and Google.

According to the advisory, these scams are providing a professional -like fake website, social media profiles and WhatsApp account Kedarnath and Chardham, providing helicopter booking for pilgrims, guest houses and hotel bookings for pilgrims, online cab/taxi service booking and providing services like holiday package and religious tour.

After booking from these portals and after paying, when there is no confirmation nor service, people find out that they have been fraudulent, after that the contact number also becomes unique (out of reach).

While booking a hotel or travel service for Kedarnath, Chartham and other religious places, pay attention to these things:

Verify the authenticity of the website before making any kind of payment.

Verify (verify) before clicking on any unknown or sponsored link on Google, Facebook or WhatsApp.

Cross checks only from the official government portal or trusted travel agency.

In the event of any fraud, the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal: Www.cybercrime.gov.in or 1930, call and report immediately.

Important online facilities portal:

Helicopter booking for Kedarnath can be done from https://www.heliyatra.irctc.co.in.

The official website for registration for Chardham Yatra is https://uttarakhandtourism.gov.in.

Online puja booking in Badrinath-Kedarnath, https://www.badrinath-Kedarnath.gov.in is the official website for guest house booking.

The official website of Somnath Trust is https://somnath.org and the guest house can be booked through this.