Delhi Police: fake health-supplement site openlifevedixa.com took Rs 83,257 from Amritsar buyer
Delhi Police said two 22-year-old men were arrested over a fake health-supplement site, www.openlifevedixa.com, that took about Rs 83,257 from an Amritsar buyer. They are accused of supplying bank accounts for a 10% cut. Police are still seeking the site's operator.
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What happened
Delhi Police have arrested two men, both aged 22, in connection with an online fraud in which a fake website sold health supplements and medicines and delivered nothing. The case was reported by ANI on 31 October 2026 and republished by The News Mill. According to the report, an Amritsar resident complained that they lost about Rs 83,257 between 27 and 30 September after paying through the website www.openlifevedixa.com and never receiving any products. An FIR was registered at the Cyber Police Station (PS Cyber), East District, under sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Police say the site mainly targeted Punjabi-speaking residents of Punjab.
How the scam works
The report describes a fake-shop fraud backed by a chain of bank accounts. Buyers paid the site by transfer, nothing was shipped, and the money moved quickly out of the receiving accounts. Police analysed bank details, KYC documents and transactions and traced Rs 2,66,437 across two bank accounts linked to the fraud, which was reportedly withdrawn from ATMs. One of the accused allegedly told police that he gave his own account details, and those of a friend, to a relative in exchange for a 10 per cent commission, and that the cash was handed over after the commission was deducted.
Police say the arrested man was linked to another person who operates the fraudulent website, and they are still working to identify that operator and other members of the network. A mobile phone recovered from one accused reportedly contains the website link and WhatsApp conversations between the accused, and officers are examining it to find further links and other victims. The two arrested are accused, not convicted, and the investigation is continuing.
The case shows how little a scam shop needs: a convincing health-product page, a payment method that is hard to reverse, and ordinary people lending their bank accounts for a cut.
Source
The News Mill (with ANI inputs), āDelhi Police arrest two in online health supplement fraud targeting Punjabā, 31 October 2026.
Red flags
- A health-supplement or medicine site you found through an ad or message that has no verifiable company details or licence.
- A request to pay by direct bank transfer or UPI to a personal-looking account.
- A domain such as openlifevedixa.com that you cannot link to a known pharmacy or brand.
- Products that never arrive, and no working customer support after payment.
- Offers of a commission for letting someone use your bank account, which is how scam proceeds are moved.
If you were targeted
- 1Do not buy from www.openlifevedixa.com; if you already paid, keep the payment receipt and screenshots.
- 2Report the loss at once to your bank and to the national cyber-crime helpline 1930 or cybercrime.gov.in.
- 3Buy medicines and supplements only from licensed pharmacies or brands you can verify independently.
- 4Never lend your bank account, UPI ID or KYC documents to anyone for a commission; it can make you part of the fraud.
- 5Search a shop's name with āscamā or āfraudā and check how long the domain has existed before paying.