By Tim Binnall
Cops in Florida are hoping to track down a self-proclaimed psychic who allegedly swindled a trio of men out of more than $50,000 and the woman in question may be the same purported sorceress who made headlines earlier this year for a similar scam. The unfortunate series of events reportedly unfolded in the city of Tamarac a few weeks ago when the various victims responded to a radio ad for a psychic who proclaimed that she "could turn people's fortunes around for the better." The men were understandably intrigued by such a tantalizing offer and booked appointments with the woman at her office in a commercial park.
Upon their arrival, the victims told police, they were greeted by a woman calling herself 'Elizabeth' and wearing a brown wig as well as a mask over her face 'to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus.' It would seem that this was not all that suspicious to the men as they proceeded to partake in the psychic's services, which consisted of a palm reading and, presumably, instructions on how to improve their financial standing. It was that latter part of the session where things went awry as, cops say, she proposed a "special ritual" wherein she would double their money "by performing a specific ceremony."
The psychic's sales pitch apparently worked like a charm and all three of the men later returned with sizeable sums of money as well as expensive gold jewelry. In each instance, the woman indicated that she would need two days to accomplish the magical feat and assured her victims that she would bring the blessed riches back to them after that. As you've likely surmised by now, the psychic subsequently vanished with all of their money and jewelry, which cops say was around $53,000 in total. After waiting the prescribed pair of days and not hearing from Elizabeth, the men discovered that her phone had been disconnected and the office space abandoned.
While one cannot be certain, the account of the men sounds eerily similar to a case from April of this year when a self-proclaimed psychic in the Florida city of Naples pulled off the same ruse and wound up netting a whopping $100,000 from her victims. In both instances, the sorceress advertised on local radio, convinced her clients to bring her large sums of money that she would bless, and then made off with the ill-gotten riches. Considering that Naples to Tamarac is almost a straight line from one side of the state to the other, it stands to reason these two capers could very well be connected and that both schemes were the work of the same woman, who will likely strike again unless cops can track her down and bring her to justice.