A 70-year-old woman in Sankt Augustin fell victim to a very lousy scam with an alleged miracle cure. At the beginning of October she was in a clothing store on Südstrasse in Sankt Augustin.

Miracle healing is intended to remove curses

She was approached one after the other by three unknown women. The strangers told the woman that she was very sick and enchanted. She already had one foot in the grave. To help her, she should get a larger amount of money to which this curse could be transferred.

They agreed on a meeting point where the victim should appear after collecting all of her cash from home. She complied with this request.

She then showed up at the agreed meeting point with a small amount of money. One of the women wrapped the money in a towel, broke an egg over it, and tricked the 70-year-old into thinking she should put it under her pillow and sleep on it. That would speed up the healing process. They then arranged another meeting for the next day in Sankt Augustin on Mittelstrasse, at which the injured party was to go to her bank and collect a five-figure amount. In doing so, she would transfer the “bad” from her body to the money.

Healthy skepticism about miracle healing just in time

However, the Saint Augustinian woman had doubts and contacted the police. The agreed meeting point was visited together with plainclothes officers from Criminal Investigation Department 2 and a plainclothes officer from the Traffic Commissariat. One of the suspected women was found there. The 37-year-old woman with no permanent address in Germany was temporarily arrested.

During the search of the 37-year-old, around 23,000 euros were found in her belongings, which presumably came from other fraud crimes. The money was seized.

She was brought before a judge who ordered her to be remanded in custody for attempted community fraud.

Source: Rhein-Sieg police district authority

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