MEA: Warns on fake passport services websites

NPnews24 Online: The External Affairs Ministry (MEA) has issued a warning about portals that are masquerading as official passport service websites.

Fake passport websites also levy additional hefty charges for filling up online application form and scheduling appointment for passport related services, the alert, which appears as a pop-up on the official website for passport services.

As given example the alert says that the fake passport websites are registered in the domain name *.org, *.in, *.com.

Alert also list some of the fake websites:

www.indiapassport.org, www.online-passporindia.com, www.passportindiaportal.in, www.passport-india.in, www.passport-seva.in, www.applypassport.org.

Alert warns everybody looking out for passport services to be careful while booking appointments for getting passports. Those applying for the Indian passport should not visit the aforementioned websites.