I probably don't focus enough on the fraudulent side of the paranormal, so here's a reminder that not all psychics are what they claim to be.
From the Associated Press, via Yahoo News:
A New York man is suing a New Jersey psychic, claiming she defrauded him of nearly $250,000 he paid her to craft a golden statue that was supposed to ward off negativity. Charles Silveira, 38, of Seaford, Long Island, claims he never received the statue.
On Monday, he filed suit in New Jersey Superior Court in Morristown seeking to recover the money from 32-year-old Ava Miller of Mendham. Silveira also wants Miller removed from a $700,000 home he bought for her last year.
The lawsuit claims that Silveira met Miller online in 2007, and that he made several large cash payments to her over a period of several months.
Great. So this guy meets a purported psychic online, and before long has bought her a $700,000 house and "made several large cash payments," including a cool quarter mil for a mystical golden statue that she never even bothered to make.
That's some smart money management right there.
HT: Ace of Spades.