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Psychic Scams Woman Out Of $136,000

Seeded on Wed Feb 8, 2012 4:43 PM EST
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Self proclaimed “psychic” Peaches Stevens has allegedly scammed a Florida woman out of a grand total of $136,000 over the span of seven years. 

Stevens was thrown into an Orange County, Florida jail on January 11 after a long-time victim came forward in an attempt to get justice. 

The victim, who was identified as Priti Mahalanobis in an interview with Anderson Cooper last fall, claims that she became aware of a number of warning signs that suggested that Stevens was a fraud. Mahalanobis says that Stevens told her to stuff 11 $100 bills and 11 names of relatives on a piece of paper in an envelope under her bed, along with a grapefruit, to supposedly stop evil that Stevens said was wreaking havoc on Mahalanobis’s family.

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What college did Priti Mahalanobis graduate from? If she actually thought a psychic, e.g., Peaches Stevens, could help her, no wonder her business was in trouble.

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Reply#1 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 5:07 PM EST
Chris-735081

I can't say I disagree with you, but she's hardly the first person to fall for a charlatan before.

Check out Peter Popov sometime. I mean, they can't all be completely brain dead.

Clearly, they are all absolutely wrong about their belief in the supernatural, but I think this is just another case of an otherwise intelligent person being tricked by the oldest scam in the world.

    #1.1 - Wed Feb 8, 2012 5:50 PM EST
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