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Feds bust psychic scammers in mail fraud scheme

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U.S. federal authorities have put an end to a fake psychic scheme that scammed more than 1 million people.

Since 2000, French psychics Maria Duval and Patrick Guerin used the U.S. mail system to commit a $180 million international mail fraud scheme.

Duval and Guerin offered victims supernatural charms for as much as $50 to save them from monetary windfalls.

The pair are now barred from sending the ads.

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