Prison time could be in her future.

A Manhattan fortune teller with a history of alleged fraud is now accused of scamming a hotel maid out of tens of thousands of dollars — claiming the victim’s son would die if the mom didn’t pay to lift a “generational curse,” according to court documents and an investigator.

Alleged crystal-ball swindler Pamela Ufie, 28, was arrested near Bryant Park on Thursday evening and charged with one count of grand larceny and two counts of fraudulent accosting, according to court documents.

The suspect — whose alleged criminal antics date back nearly a decade — is accused of tricking the 43-year-old mom of two into handing over “in excess of $50,000” in a scheme that began in 2022, court papers and the investigator said.

“She’s a self-proclaimed psychic who preys upon vulnerable people and steals from them,” said private investigator and former NYPD cop and Nassau County police Officer Bob Nygaard, who tipped off local police.

He told The Post the case is a common form of fortune tellers’ con games.

The victim was walking through Times Square one day after work when Ufie tapped her on the shoulder and told her she was “cursed and that the Defendant sensed evil spirits surrounding her,” according to court documents.

Initially, the victim paid Ufie $100, Nygaard said. But then the woman was told by the so-called clairvoyant that she needed to do more “research” — and that the victim “must send the Defendant regular money transactions via Zelle in order for the Defendant to continue” her work, court documents said.

The suspect warned the victim that her son was going to die if she did not let her help lift what she described as a “generational curse,” according to the investigator.

Ufie claimed she “needed money to acquire specialty materials necessary to conduct rituals that would help defeat the curse that was harming the [victim], which included among other things, platinum spiritual candles and mercury,” the documents said.

The alleged grifter told the victim the only way to lift the curse was if she gave her money, since cash is the root of all evil, and that she and others would cleanse it and then return it, he said.

But the dough was never returned, and the victim was out money she had saved in hopes of eventually buying a house for her family.

Ufie pleaded not guilty during her arraignment Friday. She did not return multiple calls seeking comment.

“She is presumed innocent, and all the evidence will be presented in the courtroom,” her lawyer, Albert Dayan, told Gothamist. 

Nygaard said spotted the fortune teller Thursday afternoon near the New York Public Library’s main branch next to Bryant Park and called 911. Officers responded and made the arrest. 

It was the conclusion of his more than two-year investigation, he said.  

Nygaard said he was involved in all of Ufie’s cases, including the first nearly a decade ago involving her mother-in-law, who was accused of running a similar scheme. The disposition of the cases was not immediately clear.

The faux psychic has had numerous run-ins with the law in 2023 and two previous arrests for grand larceny in 2021 and 2022, according to police sources.

Nygaard said he specializes in these types of schemes and has worked with federal investigators and police departments from 12 states on fortune teller cases and has helped recover $12 million for victims. 

He said he often encounters members of law enforcement — both cops and prosecutors — who don’t know that invoking psychic powers is often illegal.

“People go into a police precinct, and they’re told it’s a civil matter, it’s a civil matter, it’s a civil matter,” he said. “But it’s not a civil matter, it’s a criminal one – there is a law on the books.”

There is in fact a law in New York making it illegal to take money to practice “occult powers.”  Fortune telling is a class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to 90 days in jail. Nygaard said it is a law that is rarely enforced.

He said too often, law enforcement seems to blame the victim in these cases. But he’s seen people from all walks of life come to him for help after getting bamboozled by the clairvoyant scammers.

“I had a guy that was a rocket scientist, a teacher, an NYPD cop even,” he said. “It’s not a matter of education or intelligence. What law enforcement doesn’t realize is that anybody – anybody –  will fall victim to a psychic scam if you’re in a vulnerable moment in your life.”

Additional reporting by Larry Celona