Now Fraudsters launched a fake website in the name of Anandaiah, who was popularly known for his ayurvedic covid medicines, Last week Andhra Pradesh government took a decision to avoid mass gatherings for the medicines at Krishnapatnam, and decided to make a web portal to book medicines
Fraudsters took this as an opportunity to make a fake website and start a cyber financial fraud campaign,
here is the story that you have to know
Anandaiah fake covid website busted
let us tell you the story of Anandaiah
Anandaiah is well known for his ayurvedic covid medicine, who belongs to Krishnapatnam in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh, in the May of 2021, his Popularity increased over social media and news debates for his free covid treatment, where people rushed to Krishnapatnam for the medicines
later Andhra Pradesh government temporarily stopped the distribution of the Anandaiah medicines, the government decided to take the examination, after knowing the medicine is harmless and later approved the distribution of the medicines, due to mass gatherings govt told the media that they will be creating an online portal for the medicines where you can book online and avail the medicines at your home.
Fake website created by fraudsters
Fraudsters launched a website promising delivery of the medicines, This news came after a viral message spreading over social media
The website https://chilldeal.in claimed that they are providing Anandaiah medicine on their website, at the same time they promoted their website over social media platforms such Whatsapp and Youtube
on June 2nd, Akhilesh Kumar a Social Activist and Cyber Forensics investigator found that the website is misleading and said there is no such web portal launched for anandaiah medicine booking
Misleading information about the distribution of Anandaya medicine was published in an News App @APPOLICE100 @FactCheckAPGov @sp_nlr @apdigitalcorp @prakasam_police @AndhraPradeshCM @TelanganaCOPs @CyberCrimeRck #AndhraPradesh #Telangana #fakenews pic.twitter.com/pcrffLdDT3
— Tinganiwar Akhilesh kumar 🇮🇳 (@AKHIRESHKUMAR) June 3, 2021
Official Account of Fact Check Wing of Government of Andhra Pradesh also tweeted claiming the website is misleading
The viral screenshot of a website claiming to be the official platform for distribution of Anandayya Medicine is not True. There is no such official website. The link in the design does not have a working website and has no official approval. #FactCheck pic.twitter.com/uzJSlMZxK0
— FactCheck.AP.Gov.in (@FactCheckAPGov) June 4, 2021
later the website goes offline and displayed
“Site is under construction.
We will get back soon.”
here is a snapshot was taken by our team from the Archived webpage
The story not yet over, here what our team found
According to Public whois data, The website chilldeal.in was registered on May 21, which shows Sesritha Technologies Pvt Ltd as Registrant Organisation, Regisriant state as Andhra Pradesh,
in the bottom of the site displays “Powered by sesritha.com”
as didn’t notice any cyber fraud with that website, we decided not to dig deep
how to book anandaiah medicine online
As of now, there is no such web portal created for online booking of Anandiah covid medicine, once the web portal is ready then it will be announced on Arogya Andhra Twitter handle and Arogya Andhra Official website of Andhra Pradesh health department
