Illustration/Uday Mohite

Here's a reason why friendships on Facebook should not be taken at 'face' value. A team of fraudsters — many of the members posing as government officials —has duped a Vikhroli-based housewife of Rs 8.32 lakh, by making her deposit money in various accounts as “customs clearance fees” for a birthday gift worth £20,000 (Rs 19 lakh).