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Veeramani pleads to stop COD orders at home

By Drooid · Oct 14, 2026, 10:27 AM UTC · How we work

Summary

Story summary

Veeramani posted his Anuppanadi address and asked followers for a box of Diwali sweets.
Strangers then placed cash-on-delivery orders for televisions, refrigerators, washing machines and smartphones to his home.
Neighbors reported deliveries including a Rs 1.69 lakh television, JCB excavators and Rs 70 crore military tanks.
He also received kidney-donation calls after his number was circulated online.
Veeramani pleaded in a video for people to stop placing COD orders at his address.

History

Historical Context

India’s 2015 Digital India programme launched on 1 July and the 2016 Anti-Hijacking Act, which replaced the weak 1982 law, show a drive to modernize security and online commerce. The scheme, uncovered by Indian police and linked to e-commerce platforms Flipkart and Amazon as well as the Tamil Nadu government, exploits weak COD verification. Those reforms frame surge of address-hijacking scams that now target Veeramani’s Anuppanadi address.

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Story summary

Veeramani posted his Anuppanadi address and asked followers for a box of Diwali sweets.
Strangers then placed cash-on-delivery orders for televisions, refrigerators, washing machines and smartphones to his home.
Neighbors reported deliveries including a Rs 1.69 lakh television, JCB excavators and Rs 70 crore military tanks.
He also received kidney-donation calls after his number was circulated online.
Veeramani pleaded in a video for people to stop placing COD orders at his address.

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