How Romanian Fortune Tellers Used Google To Fleece Victims

Hentes writes "The internet has made many things easier, but unfortunately this also includes crime: it seems that nowadays not even people wanting to know their future are safe from fraud. Two fortune tellers are being investigated, after the Romanian police uncovered that they have utilized some extraordinary help in their clairvoyant acts. The pair used information collected from internet search and social networks to gain the trust of their customers, claiming that they could see their personal data through their crystal ball. In some cases, they also used high-tech surveillance techniques such as hidden cameras and phone tapping. But they didn't stop at merely spying on their victims: their most bizarre case involved a scuba diver dressed as a monster." Nice to know that internet-based fraud isn't limited to motivational speakers with real-estate seminars and other get-rich-quick flim-flam.

Comments

Re:It's a foregone conclusion

[Anonymous Coward]

That's the joke.

Am I the only one who did a double take...

[Biff Stu]

after first thinking the article was about Romulan fortune tellers.

Re:superstition and religion

[TheRaven64]

No they are not. A religion is an organisation based on superstition. Saying they are the same thing is like saying that corporations and capitalism are the same thing.