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Eugene

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4. The unsubstantiated promise of health or financial relief in exchange for a fee is fraud.

Reply to muriel_volestrangler (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 19, 2024, 05:23 AM

Apr 2024

The Duval fraud also falsely claimed its letters came from famous psychics.

Fortune telling for a fee is a centuries-old grift traditionally prosecuted as low-level street crime.
If it doesn't carry a big enough fig leaf like "this is for entertainment purposes only,"
the authorities can shut it down.

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I wasnt duped !! I saw it coming !! Karadeniz Apr 2024 #1

You have won the Australian Lotto. Arne Apr 2024 #2

What's the point at which psychic claims become fraud? muriel_volestrangler Apr 2024 #3

The unsubstantiated promise of health or financial relief in exchange for a fee is fraud. Eugene Apr 2024 #4

As far as I can tell, Maria Duval had licensed her name to the fraudsters muriel_volestrangler Apr 2024 #5