Left with nothing after falling for fake shaman 'magic money' scams

Aslem wiping her eyes during an interview with AFP at her home in Karawang. - AFP

KARAWANG, Indonesia (AFP): Indonesian mother-of-three Aslem was a domestic worker in Dubai when she started wiring cash to a self-professed shaman, believing that he would honour his promise to magically multiply her hard-earned wages.

But she returned home last year penniless and in shock, saying she had been swindled out of her life savings by a trickster who now faces trial for his complex scams, and charges of murdering nine of his victims.