Saturday, September 24, 2011

James Randi and Fraud Prevention III

So - what does talking to the dead have to do with fraud?

     As we saw in the previous post, "talking to the dead" is really nothing more than the con artist (psychic) asking a barrage of questions to get information from the mark.  This is known as a "cold reading."

     Here is a definition of cold reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_reading

We will discuss this more.  In the meantime, please read the article.


Have a great and fraud-free day.

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