Archive Episode: The Hidden World of Psychic Scams, Part 1

The Perfect Scam

AARP

True Crime, Aarp, Fraud, Society & Culture, Scam, Crime, Bobsullivan

4.5 • 980 Ratings

🗓️ 21 July 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

In this 2019 episode, Debra is a divorced mother and ballroom dancer who travels between her home in Florida and her boyfriend’s home in New York City, where she trains with her dance partner. When Debra loses her part-time job in New York and breaks up with her boyfriend on the same day, she’s distraught. Without the extra income from her job and a place to stay with her boyfriend, Debra knows she’ll have to quit ballroom dancing — even though she and her partner have been climbing the ranks on the Pro-Am circuit. During a walk in Greenwich Village, Debra sees a psychic shop she’s often passed by before and decides to stop in, hoping to find answers. Instead of finding answers, Debra finds herself in a five-year odyssey, desperately trying to find justice and trying to get back $28,000 that was stolen from her.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to the Perfect Scam. I'm your host Bob Sullivan.
0:07.0	Before we get to this week's episode, just a quick exciting announcement.
0:11.0	The Perfect Scam now has its own email address. The Perfect Scam now has its own email address.
0:14.3	The Perfect Scam Podcast at AARP.org.
0:18.0	And we want to hear from you.
0:19.8	If you've been the victim of a scam or you know someone who has and you'd like us to tell the story,
0:24.8	write to us. Or just send us some feedback. That email address again is The Perfect Scam
0:30.9	podcast at AARP.org.
0:35.0	Now this week we're digging into the archives and replaying one of our favorite episodes for you,
0:40.0	the hidden world of psychic scams.
0:43.0	Sometimes in life things go sideways
0:46.2	and you go looking for help.
0:48.1	We've all been there.
0:49.8	Today's guest, Deborah, finds her life suddenly turned upside down.
0:56.0	She ends a long-term relationship and loses her job all in one day, which sends her into a downward
1:01.4	spiral looking for answers.
1:03.7	She thinks she might find some by visiting a psychic in Greenwich Village.
1:08.1	But instead of finding answers,
1:09.9	Deborah finds herself in a five-year odyssey desperately trying to find justice and trying
1:16.0	to get back $28,000 that was stolen from her.
1:20.8	But she also finds a powerful ally in her quest, a retired police investigator who was willing to go on this Odyssey with her.
1:28.0	Here's host Will Johnson with the story.
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