Thursday, November 16, 2006

'Psychic' spirits away $300,000

A woman purporting to be a psychic swindled more than $300,000 cash from a customer and then fled a home in Sydney's south-west without notice.
Police are hunting a group including the "psychic" woman, a man who may be her husband, and another couple who may have been involved in the fraud of $308,000 from a 60-year-old Bexley woman.
The two men are said to speak with strong Canadian accents.
The victim told police she answered an advertisement in a local newspaper for psychic readings, and then was unwittingly robbed over two months.
Details of the scheme are unclear at this stage.
The psychic must have seen what was coming, because by the time police began investigating, she and her family had already vacated a Merrylands home with the cash.
The psychic is described as being about 60 years old and calls herself Nina. She is 140-150cm tall, with a thin build, long dark-coloured hair and medium to light olive complexion.
A man believed to be the psychic's husband is described as being about 50 years old, of a solid build, about 185cm tall, olive complexion with short brown hair that is grey on the sides.

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