VICTIM: Mr Cheng Hsing Hsung

Scam: Family is cursed and needs to build gold pagoda. Gives $120,000.

VICTIM: Mr Cheng Hsing Yuen

Scam: Invests in a plot of land. Gives $23,000.
Scam: Family cursed and descendants will die of unnatural deaths. Gives $11,000.
Scam: Needs gold pagoda to break curse. Gives $611,000.
Scam: Blessing prayers. Gives $1,100.
Scam: Exorcism for uncle harassed by evil spirits. Gives $22,000.
Scam: Blessing prayers. Gives $730.
Scam: Buys land in Malaysia to bury religious artefacts to change karma. Gives $5,600.
Scam: Prayers to prevent him and mother-in-law from being paralysed. Gives $4,000.
Scam: Petrol expenses for ship to carry out rituals in South China Sea. Gives $5,000.
Scam: Religious artefacts for rituals. Gives $2,800.
Scam: Rituals to change luck. Gives $450.

VICTIM: Madam Cheong Oi Koan (wife of Mr Cheng Hsing Hsung)

Scam: Family needs to build gold pagoda. Gives $80,000.
Scam: Family dispute causes cracks in pagoda, needs more gold for repairs. Gives $149,000.
Scam: Son cursed and needs to build pagoda. Gives $20,000.
Scam: Final rituals to be conducted. Gives $2,900.

VICTIM: Madam Choy Cheng Yee (wife of Mr Cheng Hsing Yuen)

Scam: Investment opportunities in Hong Kong and Cambodia. Gives $27,000.
Scam: First child's life in danger, needs rituals. Gives $7,900.
Scam: Family cursed, needs to build gold pagoda. Gives $21,800.
Scam: More gold to repair cracks in pagoda, Gives $40,500.
Scam: Father will die before Chinese New Year, needs another pagoda and bridge to link it to her pagoda. Gives $24,000.
Scam: Land for high priest in China as gift. Gives $2,300.
Scam: Save husband from being paralysed. Gives $8,400.
Scam: Save mother from being paralysed. Gives $4,600.
Scam: Rituals. Gives $6,100.

VICTIM: Mr Cheng Hsing Yao

Scam: Attracts evil spirits and needs gold pagoda. Gives $8,900.
Scam: Repair cracks in pagoda. Gives $103,000.

This article was first published in The New Paper.