The Resource A deal with the devil : the dark and twisted true story of one of the biggest cons in history, Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken
A deal with the devil : the dark and twisted true story of one of the biggest cons in history, Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken
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- 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Atria Boks hardcover edition
- Extent
- xiii, 290 pages
- 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
- Isbn
- 9781501163852
- Label
- A deal with the devil : the dark and twisted true story of one of the biggest cons in history
- Title
- A deal with the devil
- Title remainder
- the dark and twisted true story of one of the biggest cons in history
- Statement of responsibility
- Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken
- Language
- eng
- 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"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Ellis, Blake
- Dewey number
- 364.16/3
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HV6691
- LC item number
- .E445 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Hicken, Melanie
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Swindlers and swindling
- Victims of crimes
- Crime
- TRUE CRIME
- Crime
- Swindlers and swindling
- Victims of crimes
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A deal with the devil : the dark and twisted true story of one of the biggest cons in history, Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken
- Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-290)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- on1011106742
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Atria Boks hardcover edition
- Extent
- xiii, 290 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501163852
- Lccn
- 2017055494
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781501163845
- (OCoLC)1011106742
- Label
- A deal with the devil : the dark and twisted true story of one of the biggest cons in history, Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken
- Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-290)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- on1011106742
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Atria Boks hardcover edition
- Extent
- xiii, 290 pages
- Isbn
- 9781501163852
- Lccn
- 2017055494
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781501163845
- (OCoLC)1011106742
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