'Monster woman' staged a drama to dispel bad luck and steal more than 1 billion VND

The Criminal Police Department of Nghe An Province has just issued a decision to prosecute the case and prosecute Pham Thi Ha (born in 1991, residing in Dinh Hung Commune, Yen Dinh District, Thanh Hoa Province) for the crime of Fraudulent Appropriation of Property. Because Ha is raising a young child, she was released on bail and was banned from leaving her place of residence.

According to the investigation agency's documents, Pham Thi Ha used to work as a massage therapist at a hotel in Vinh City, so she knew Ms. Mai (residing in Vinh City). Ha told Ms. Mai her name was Ha Anh, from Con Cuong town.

Ms. Mai is a well-off person but is very superstitious. Taking advantage of this, Ha set up a scam to steal Ms. Mai's money.

Accordingly, Ha used another phone number, logged into a Zalo account and claimed to be Ha's mother-in-law to chat with Ms. Mai. Through social networks, under the name of mother-in-law, Ha said she had the ability to read fortunes, see the afterlife and remove bad luck.

Subject Pham Thi Ha. Photo: Anh Quan

During this time, Ms. Mai's business was not going well, so she asked her mother-in-law Ha to remove the bad luck. To perform the ceremony, Ha asked Ms. Mai to send 113 million VND in cash to Con Cuong to perform the ceremony. Because she did not have enough money, Ms. Mai only sent 50 million VND, the remaining amount would be paid later.

During the period from August 2018 to June 2019, Ha requested and forced Ms. Mai to send many gifts such as expensive imported foods, televisions, refrigerators, high-end phones via post office or bus... To gain Ms. Mai's trust, Ha repeatedly sent back some gifts for Ms. Mai to "receive the benefits".

“Ha said she was pregnant and that if she performed the ceremony and met a pregnant woman, it would be unlucky, so she avoided and did not contact Ms. Mai. In addition, Ha said that the victim was experiencing bad luck and if she did not perform the ceremony quickly, her family members would also be in trouble,” said an investigator.

Realizing that Ha's behavior was fraudulent, Ms. Mai reported it to the police. The police identified the person who created the drama as Pham Thi Ha, from Thanh Hoa, currently living with her lover in Luc Da commune, Con Cuong district.

From the collected documents and evidence, the Criminal Police Department caught Pham Thi Ha red-handed while she was receiving the offerings sent by Ms. Mai. At the time of the arrest, the task force seized 1 Iphone X, 19 rings, necklaces, earrings of various types, 109 million VND in cash and 1 box of items including a vase, a glass of water, a set of bells and wooden fish...

At the police station, Pham Thi Ha confessed to all her crimes. From September 2018 to June 2019, Ha committed fraud and appropriated more than 1 billion VND.

In addition to Ms. Mai, Ha also defrauded several other people with similar methods. The Criminal Police Department informed that anyone who is a victim of Pham Thi Ha should come forward and report.