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Floyd R. Turbo

(26,585 posts)
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 02:15 PM Jun 2019

I'm amazed that people still fall for this crap! II

Workers’ compensation attorney, Stacey Tokunaga, who practices both in Nevada and California probably wouldn’t have sought out psychic advice had he been able to predict what would happen next. The lawyer responded to a flyer for psychic readings and was subsequently suckered out of $1.5 million by two scammers who said she “had to pay them to clear her chakras and eliminate her bad karma,” according to authorities.

The pair of fake psychic readers have been charged in Las Vegas in the months-long scheme to take money from unsuspecting victims looking for insight into the future, and a criminal complaint is pending against a third person. Sherry Marks, 52, and David Marks, 48, are charged with “conspiracy, extortion, and four counts of obtaining money under false pretenses,” according to court records. Prosecutors were given until early June to file a criminal complaint against Marks’ 32-year-old daughter, Peaches Marks, who they say was also involved.

After Tokunaga agreed to pay the fee to balance out for chakras, she was told by the scammers she needed a “white singing bowl to clear her energies,” court records stated. That specific white bowl along with a journal to document the session, would cost her $30,000. She paid it. Investigators in the case would later find a similar bowl and journal on Amazon for $18.



https://www.legalreader.com/psychic-scammers-swindle-attorney-out-of-thousands/

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I'm amazed that people still fall for this crap! II (Original Post) Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2019 OP
I think most are programmed to fall for crap . ie old time snake oil NRaleighLiberal Jun 2019 #1
👍🏻 Floyd R. Turbo Jun 2019 #2
When I feel the need to Tokunaga at work underpants Jun 2019 #3

NRaleighLiberal

(60,019 posts)
1. I think most are programmed to fall for crap . ie old time snake oil
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 02:19 PM
Jun 2019

Salesmen, medical woo, televangelists. Critical thinking in generally short supply.

underpants

(182,879 posts)
3. When I feel the need to Tokunaga at work
Fri Jun 7, 2019, 02:38 PM
Jun 2019

I usually go to a different floor. I’m old fashioned that way. 🚽

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