• Bad Fortune: Two Tales of Psychic Scammers

  • Dec 20 2024
  • Length: 44 mins
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Bad Fortune: Two Tales of Psychic Scammers

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  • As Abe Lincoln once said—or possibly some guy named Peter Drucker, depends on who you ask—the best way to predict the future is to create it. But for a lot of us humans, that’s a little too loosey-goosey. We’re not big fans of the unknown, and we tend to seek out people who claim they can tell us what to expect from the future. Americans, for example, spend billions a year on psychics. A lot of these are legitimate businesspeople who genuinely want to provide counseling and comfort for their clients. But there’s also a bustling trade in psychic fraud—run by people who have no qualms about taking advantage of you at your most vulnerable and desperate. Today we’re gonna tell you about two of those cases. Case 1: The Mysterious Death of Seth Tobias. Case 2: Psychic Scammer Gina Marks

    Sources:
    New York Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/business/04tobias.html
    ABC News: https://abcnews.go.com/Business/story?id=4279324&page=1
    New York Magazine: https://nymag.com/news/features/43914/
    The Times: https://www.thetimes.com/article/hunt-for-tiger-the-go-go-boy-after-seth-tobiass-death-5n923qml8pf
    The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/feb/12/bob-nygaard-private-investigator-psychic-fraud
    NBC: https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/maryland-psychic-sentenced-to-6-years-for-scamming-clients/155294/
    TV show "Pink Collar Crime," episode "The Psychic Didn't See Him Coming"

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