Every year I read about cases like this, "psychic" claims to remove curse from money.

Running off with the money, of course.

Woman loses $20K in psychic scam, believed money needed to be blessed

MILWAUKEE —An area woman is out $20,000 after falling for an elaborate psychic reading scam.

The victim became convinced if she didn't pay up bad things would happen to her family.

VIDEO: Area woman victim of psychic reading scam

Police believe a drifter set up a scam inside a south side Milwaukee house for a few weeks this summer.

A criminal complaint detailed a woman's story, who set up a meeting at the house.

There are new tenants now, but the victim told police as tarot cards were arrayed on a table in July, the self-proclaimed psychic, 38-year-old Agueda Floris, told her she had an illness because "someone put a bad spell on her, and someone paid a lot of money to put this spell on her."

The victim was told to come back the next day with $400, 20 candles a tomato and a T-shirt.

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