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>> Victim was told her gold jewellery was cursed and she should hand it over MERVYN KRISHNA
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KWADUKUZA woman claims she has been left broke after being robbed of almost R100 000 in jewellery and cash by a con artist purporting to be a Hindu priest. The woman, who has asked to remain anonymous, was told she was “possessed by demons” and needed to have cleansing rituals performed when she contacted the man, whom she knew only as “Shanker”, to complain about feeling unwell. He also allegedly told her that her family's gold jewellery was cursed and that she should hand it over to him. When she did so, he disappeared. She took out R40 000 in bank loans and handed over R60 000 of family gold. She said she feels “humiliated and hurt” by the experience. “It was stupid to think he was helping me but I was desperate,” she said.
“I am now totally broke and he has my family’s gold.” She said she has a leaflet advertising the services of the “priest” from a local newspaper in June. She said she had been feeling unwell for a few weeks and had been to see her doctor, who was unable to diagnose an illness. Shesaiddespitebeinghesitantshe called the number on the advert in search of advice. “A man calling himself Shanker said I should come and meet him at an outbuilding in Stanger Manor and he would try to find out what was wrong,” she said. “He said I had demons inside me and asked for R3 000 to perform a ritual with fire. “It was very strange, I felt like I was almost under a spell. “He said for R10 000 he would be able to remove the bad energy, so I took out a loan. But I started to feel worse. “He said to wait nine days and come back and when I did he said he needed R25 000 so someone in
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India could also perform a ritual. “I just wanted the problem solved and to feel better again, so I took out another loan. “Again he said to wait nine days and on the ninth day I started to feel like myself again.” The priest then told her the gold jewellery she was wearing had been cursed with black magic. Last month, he asked her to collect all the gold in her house and take it to him, so he could “cleanse” it. She said: “I took it to him and he said to wait outside for an hour while he performed another ritual. “I had been outside for more than an hour so I went into the house and he was gone. I felt so stupid and realised what he had done." Another victim, from Stanger Manor, said she believed someone had bewitched her because of marks that appeared on her body. The woman saw the same advert and contacted a man, again named Shanker.
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