<p class="title">One David Paul Kumar lost Rs 3.53 lakh to an online fraudster, who had made him believe that he would get a valuable gift for his birthday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On August 24, David had received a message from John Sherry Markswell on his Facebook account, which claimed that she would send a valuable gift for his birthday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Later, the woman informed him that she had been calling him from New Delhi airport and he had received a parcel from a foreign country. She asked him to pay Rs 58,000 and also sought details about his bank accounts.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Believing her, he had transferred the amount. Later, she called him posing as a customs officer and asked him to pay an additional Rs 2,95,000 for clearing the parcel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After paying the amount, he realised that he was duped, as all the fraudsters had switched off their cellphones. A case was registered under the IT Act.</p>
<p class="title">One David Paul Kumar lost Rs 3.53 lakh to an online fraudster, who had made him believe that he would get a valuable gift for his birthday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On August 24, David had received a message from John Sherry Markswell on his Facebook account, which claimed that she would send a valuable gift for his birthday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Later, the woman informed him that she had been calling him from New Delhi airport and he had received a parcel from a foreign country. She asked him to pay Rs 58,000 and also sought details about his bank accounts.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Believing her, he had transferred the amount. Later, she called him posing as a customs officer and asked him to pay an additional Rs 2,95,000 for clearing the parcel.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After paying the amount, he realised that he was duped, as all the fraudsters had switched off their cellphones. A case was registered under the IT Act.</p>
