Psychic makes 290000 dollars by telling people their moneys cursed.

[HippySecond]

Wow, thats awesome

 

[cuddly_tomato]

She obviously wasn't very psychic.

 

[Mr Thin]

This is perfect.

These people who have lost their money will now starve to death, significantly reducing the current level of idiocy in the human race. It's not much, but it's a start.

The only confusing thing is how they managed to survive long enough to earn the money in the first place, being as dangerously stupid as they clearly are.

 

[LongAndShort]

I like this chick. Hell, I'd have given her ten bucks just to show how impressed I was... like a bagpipe playing busker.

 

[Daniel_Rosamilia]

That is the only way to describe my feelings about these people.

 

[JoshGod]

im not sure who i hate more the psychic or the idiots who gave her money.

 

[theincurabletragedy]

My boyfriend's brother said it best:

[L - the incurable tragedy <3 skater901] - CTRL-ALT-DEFEAT! says:
-http://io9.com/5542011/colorado-psychic-arrested-for-telling-clients-their-money-was-possessed-by-evil-spirits.
Wildflower - DatiKI(aq) says:
-HAHAHAHA
-Just the URL.
-This HAS to be good.
-...THAT'S AWESOME.

 

[Mandal0re]

She deserves that money if people are stupid enough to give it to her. Fair play.

 

[Billion Backs]

Holy shit I've gotta try this.

This sounds like an even better money-laundering scheme than starting out one of those New Age bullshit saloons.

NOW I ADJUST YOUR ENERGY AURA! /make wavy movements with my hands
THERE, YOU'RE ALL GOOD NOW, 100 dollars.

Mix in some souls, ghosts, and even more New Age crap, and you're a millionaire.

Fuck, no wonder they say history repeats itself. Much of New Age movement and fascination with things like psychics - which were there before New Age movement, but probably got a big boost in popularity during it, it all totally mirrors the whole deal with spiritualists movements in the late 1800s, people being obsessed with ghosts so much it gave birth to hundreds of practitioners and cults.

 

[Billion Backs]

I don't believe con men are criminals, because they don't do anything. If someone walked up to you and said "kill that dude" would you? Probably not.

Use your brain, otherwise you get what's coming.

Eh, it would be too easily to goad people to do really stupid and harmful shit.

It's quite easy to con even a "smart person" given a few helpful factors.

Although I still totally support ya. It'd be fun, to say the least.

 

[007dog900]

I am really glad we still have people like this today, people who dare take on them burdens of others, I salute you, heroic psychic!

/sarcasm

People are stupid, the end.

 

[Radelaide]

If you believe that, then you deserve to have your money taken off you.

 

[Legendsmith]

Words can not express my amusement at the stupidity of these people. Seriously, how gullible can people get?

 

[not_the_dm]

Your Social Security number is possessed, so are your credit card numbers and PINs.

This. Post them all here so we can deliver you from the evil.

Respect.
Oh I know that people are going to be like "WTF? Shes a con artist!" but come on. Anyone fucking stupid enough to actually buy into that crap in the first place deserves to lose their money.
I just wish I could pull something like that off.
Ahh America, land of opportunity indeed. With plenty of backwards ass hicks who will buy into anything.

Trust me, we don't have the monopoly on stupid, I assure you.

A large reserve, yes, but not the monopoly.

I completely agree that you don't have a monopoly on stupid. Idiots are far easier to find on your side of the pond however, just because they have a habit of being more vocal than elsewhere.

OT: How can someone be this stupid? No, wait, it's worse. How can multiple people be this stupid?

 

[theincurabletragedy]

Thinking more about it I can understand how she managed this.
"Your bank account is being haunted/cursed, if you don't get rid of the nastiews you will experience an issue with money"
...they're still stupid, though, tbh.

 

[johnman]

But what if it were true!!

 

[FourEyedPandora]

She's smart, she just got caught.

She feeds off of people's superstitions. There's a lot of religious people that do that, they just don't see it.