Curse lifters lift $205,000 off student

Curse lifters lift $205,000 off student

RUSSIAN police were looking for two mystics who persuaded a student to part with more than $US160,000 ($219,000) in exchange for lifting a curse, RIA news agency reported today.

Two unknown women, on the pretext of lifting a curse, stole $US150,000 ($205,000) and some jewellery by means of deception,'' the agency quoted a police source as saying.
The victim is a female student at Moscow's elite State Institute for International Affairs, RIA said.

Many Russians are highly superstitious.

They spend huge sums each year on faith healers and alternative medicine.