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The curse of the Chinese blessing scam - BBC Trending, BBC World Service

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 👉🏽 https://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 👉🏽    • All BBC World Service Documentaries   ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Twitter 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Facebook 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #blessingscam #chinesesuperstition