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Author Ellis, Blake, author.

Title A deal with the devil : the dark and twisted true story of one of the biggest cons in history / Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken.

Publication Info. New York : Atria Books, 2018.
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Edition First Atria Books hardcover edition
Description xiii, 290 pages ; 24 cm
Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-290).
Contents The journalists -- The promises -- The scam -- The victims -- The address -- The mysterious psychic -- The psychic sidekick -- The sightings -- The dentist's wife -- The investigators -- The business web -- The Sparks connection -- The whistleblower -- The "mailing genius" -- The bizarre businessman -- The copywriter -- The nucleus -- The windfall -- The trip -- The dusty archives -- The psychic no one sees -- The house -- The sister - The pot of jelly -- The lover -- The son -- The attorney -- The deal -- The myth -- The responses -- The other psychics -- The checks -- The dark and the strange -- The Romanians -- The childhood friend -- The return to sanity -- The bizarre businessman revisited -- The fading myth -- The irony -- Afterword.
Summary "In this spellbinding story, award-winning investigative journalists for CNN Money track down the mysterious French psychic at the center of one of the longest running cons in history--an international mail scam that targets the elderly and emotionally vulnerable"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Swindlers and swindling.
Victims of crimes -- Psychology.
Crime -- History -- 21st century.
TRUE CRIME -- General.
Crime. (OCoLC)fst00882984
Swindlers and swindling. (OCoLC)fst01140414
Victims of crimes -- Psychology. (OCoLC)fst01166308
Chronological Term 2000-2099
Genre/Form True crime stories.
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
True crime stories. (OCoLC)fst01919985
Added Author Hicken, Melanie, author.
Other Form: Online version: Ellis, Blake. Deal with the devil. New York : Atria Books, 2018 9781501163869 (DLC) 2018013379
ISBN 9781501163845 (hardback)
1501163841 (hardback)
9781501163852 (paperback)
150116385X (paperback)
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