Bad Fortune: Two Tales of Psychic Scammers

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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