Supposed spiritual treatment demands purchases and money transfers

Reported incident or attempt

How the approach works

Operators told people that sorcery caused their problems and offered a remedy conditional on buying materials such as incense and transferring money. Police reporting also describes private-image collection and blackmail in some cases.

What they wanted

Obtain payments and exploit private information

Reported outcome

Police reported complaints, identification of suspects and arrests for referral to judicial authorities. Victim counts, losses and final judgments unknown.