A novel deceit

A novel deceit

A middle-aged unmarried lady who happens to be a parishioner
of a church has become the victim of a new mode of deceit. One
day when walking on one of Jakarta's main streets, she felt a
hand touching her shoulder and a stranger (also a woman) accosted
her under the pretext of asking for some information about the
city.

Looking at the stranger, she felt the sensation of being
hypnotized. From that moment on this parishioner was completely
under the influence of the woman. She was asked many questions,
to which she was quite willing to answer. And the questions
included whether she had a bank account. She gave an affirmative
answer.

Then the woman told her to go home and get the bank account
book. They went together to the bank. The victim authorized the
deceiver to receive all the money (her life savings) to a total
of Rp 40 million. With such a huge amount of cash the stranger
quickly disappeared. The deceived only came to her senses at
home, but she could do nothing but condemn the foreigner's
diabolical trick. A tragedy in real life!

A. DJUANA

Jakarta