Members of the Chinese community are being warned to be suspicious of strangers who claim they can relieve a curse or illness through a “purification” ceremony involving cash and valuables, police said last week.
A Chinese-language video produced by the police department portrays the victim of a scam being persuaded to put valuables into a bag, which the swindler secretly swaps for an identical bag containing only worthless trash.
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