Psychic fraud cases

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A psychic storefront

The scale of the psychic fraud problem is tremendous. Nygaard says he is familiar with a Florida case in which a woman claimed to have been defrauded of $17 million by fortune-tellers,[1] and he personally has worked a case where his client was defrauded of $900,000.[2] A Skeptical Inquirer article reports that, as of August 2018, he has taken down 30 psychic scammers and recovered $3.5 million for victims.[3]

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  3. ^ a b Palmer, Rob. "Introducing Psychic-Busting Private Eye Bob Nygaard (Part 1)". Skeptical Inquirer. Center for Inquiry. Archived from the original on 23 August 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2018.