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Woman says hypnotizing scam artists took $160,000

Boston police warn of scam artists

By Evan Allen and Martin Finucane

 |  Globe Correspondent and Globe Staff  

  May 04, 2012

A woman has told Boston police that she was approached by three scam artists in Chinatown last month and hypnotized without her permission before giving them all her valuables, including jewelry and $160,000 in cash. The victim, who only spoke Cantonese, told police on April 16 that she was approached by three Asian women between 30 and 40 years old, and one of the suspects talked to her in Cantonese for about five minutes, asking random questions about the victim’s family members.

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