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Female criminals are exploiting superstition and family love to swindle women with Chinese heritage living in the west. Now a social media activist is fighting back.
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The blessing scam is an elaborate piece of criminal street theatre which in the last few months has claimed victims across North America as well as Australia and the UK.
It begins with an apparently random meeting with a stranger in the street, and very quickly escalates from there.
Victims are tricked out of their money and possessions after being terrified into believing that a relative’s life is threatened by evil spirits. And they’re left wondering: how did that happen? Are the criminals just master manipulators, or could something even more sinister be involved?
00:00 Introduction
00:37 Anatomy of a con
01:45 “They put the fear into me”
05:00 Scammers captured on CCTV
06:47 Is Devil’s Breath being used in blessing scams?
10:00 Raising awareness
Reporter: Elaine Chong
Producers: Ed Main & Marta Pausilli
Additional Reporting: Austin Landis
Camera: Brandon Brown
Film Editing: Marta Pausilli & Ehsan Imani
Editor: Flora Carmichael
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Female criminals are exploiting superstition and family love to swindle women with Chinese heritage living in the west. Now a social media activist is fighting back.
Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 bbc.in/3VyyriM
The blessing scam is an elaborate piece of criminal street theatre which in the last few months has claimed victims across North America as well as Australia and the UK.
It begins with an apparently random meeting with a stranger in the street, and very quickly escalates from there.
Victims are tricked out of their money and possessions after being terrified into believing that a relative’s life is threatened by evil spirits. And they’re left wondering: how did that happen? Are the criminals just master manipulators, or could something even more sinister be involved?
00:00 Introduction
00:37 Anatomy of a con
01:45 “They put the fear into me”
05:00 Scammers captured on CCTV
06:47 Is Devil’s Breath being used in blessing scams?
10:00 Raising awareness
Reporter: Elaine Chong
Producers: Ed Main & Marta Pausilli
Additional Reporting: Austin Landis
Camera: Brandon Brown
Film Editing: Marta Pausilli & Ehsan Imani
Editor: Flora Carmichael
Watch more documentaries from across BBC World Service here 👉🏽 youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4fADt3h_U2SOWErIq-xtXPD
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