About this episode

Rhys and Jesse explore the world of psychic mail-order scams and the story of fraudster Patrice Runner.

In this episode of Canada Is Boring , Rhys and Jesse dive into the bizarre, lucrative world of psychic mail-order scams led by one of Canada’s most successful fraudsters, Patrice Runner. Starting with his obsession with old-school magazine ads and get-rich-quick schemes, we follow Runner’s journey to partnering with celebrity psychic Maria Duval, licensing her name for North American “psychic predictions,” lucky talismans, and vibratory crystals. Over two decades, his company Infogest Direct Marketing raked in more than $175 million USD from mostly older, vulnerable believers across Canada and the US—selling false hope, fake artifacts, and rigged “personal” letters. For premium content, socials, merch, to leave a voicemail or message us go to canadaisboring.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Rhys Waters, Jesse Harley

Topics covered

• psychic scams
• fraud
• Canada
• get-rich-quick schemes
• vulnerable populations

Keywords

• psychic
• scam
• fraud
• Canada
• Maria Duval
• Infogest
• vulnerable believers

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Infogest Direct Marketing

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