Hypnosis Scam "Samaoui" Targets Women in Morocco, Exploits Belief in Supernatural

A social phenomenon that should alert more than one, the "Samaoui" is a formidable weapon used by outlaws to strip people, mostly women, of their possessions.

In implementing his "technique", the scammer, who is often accompanied by a woman, certainly to gain the victim’s trust, poses as a marabout endowed with supernatural powers.

From then on, those among his interlocutors (especially women) who believe in the existence of supernatural power fall into his trap. To this group, the scammer offers to purify their possessions, making them believe that they are under the effect of a curse.

Under the influence of superstition, the victim agrees and hands over all her possessions. Once the goods are "purified" and carefully packaged in a package, the scammer returns them to the victim, ordering her not to open it until later, the time to prepare his escape.

In the meantime, he takes care to replace the goods as quickly as possible with insignificant and worthless objects.

Later, when the victim realizes the deception, the scammer is already long gone. This form of fraud is rampant in several cities of the Kingdom and has an incalculable number of victims, especially among women and the elderly who are much more vulnerable.

The competent authorities must seriously address this phenomenon and put these delinquents out of harm’s way, who are making life difficult for the peaceful populations.