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Man travels 1700 km from Odisha to Delhi on foot to claim bogus lottery

New Delhi: This happens only in India, a man hailing from a village in eastern Odisha, traveled 1,700 km to BBC Delhi office to claim fake lottery.Ratan Kumar Malbisoi, 41, had received a message on


 

He told, he got the message of lottery on April 2012.

He then informed them about his name and address immediately.

He got a call within no time.

"The caller said he was the BBC's chancellor. He spoke really well. He promised me a large sum of money but said I would have to first send 12,000 rupees ($191; £117) so that he can transfer the money into an RBI account."

"I told them I was a very poor man and that I didn't have any money to give them. He said then they couldn't pay me any money, but over a period of time, we kept negotiating and they finally asked me for 4,000 rupees," he says.

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