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SCMP Reporter

Updated at 2.54pm:
A vegetable seller was duped out of HK$1 million in cash, along with gold ornaments, by three women who told her she needed their help to rid her family of bad luck.
The 46-year-old woman, surnamed Wong, finally realised it was a scam and called police on Monday when she found that a bag returned by the three did not contain the cash and jewellery she had put in as offerings, Apple Daily reported.
Ms Wong, a vegetable seller at a Sha Tin market, encountered the fraudsters outside a fast-food shop in the City One Sha Tin estate on Monday at about 1pm.
The three told the woman they had a 'magic mirror' which showed something negative was happening to her family, the newspaper reported.
They claimed they could perform a 'ceremony' to rid her family of bad luck. They said this would require money and valuables as offerings, which would be returned afterwards.
Ms Wong, whose 10-year-old child was sick at home, agreed. She went to a bank near her home in Kwong Yuen Estate to withdraw HK$1 million cash and some gold ornaments, the Apple Daily reported.
The vegetable seller then returned to meet the women. She was told to place the valuables into a bag which the three handled during their 'ceremony'.
Ms Wong retrieved the bag after the ritual and was instructed not to touch it for three days.
When she opened it at home on Monday, she found the HK$1 million cash and gold ornaments missing. Inside were only a tube of toothpaste, some bananas, apples and candles, Apple Daily reported.
The woman reported the incident to police.
She believed the trio swapped the money and valuables during the ritual, when Ms Wong closed her eyes as had been requested, the newspaper reported.



Con artists swindle woman out of HK$1m in 'good luck' ritual