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Bob Nygaard
10 quotes
“When the veil drops, victims face financial wreckage... A lot of people call me, and they just want to talk, tell me what happened. But they don't want to go forward. They're too embarrassed. They don't want to see their name in the papers.”
Bob Nygaard first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: How Modern Fortunetellers Pull Off Their Scams, Broward Palm Beach New Times (6 June 2013)
“People are very embarrassed by this. They say, "How could I have fallen for this?" ... [But] it doesn’t matter if you’re a college professor. It doesn’t matter if you’re a lawyer. It doesn’t matter if you’re a doctor. You’re on their territory. And they know how to take advantage of that.”
Bob Nygaard first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Private Investigator Helped Recover Over $2M for Psychic Fraud Victims, ABC News (17 April 2014)
“It's not a crime to be gullible. But it is a crime to steal from a gullible person.”
Bob Nygaard first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: ABC7 investigation: Self-proclaimed psychics bilk thousands from vulnerable clients, ABC News (4 May 2017)
“This is organized crime and there is a network all over the country. It's been going on for centuries and is passed down from generation to generation. The mothers teach their daughters... The psychics you see in the storefront who are dressed kind of shabby and don't have that much money actually are the same people who when they drive away go live in a million dollar house on the Intracoastal and they're driving around in a Maserati... It leaves the victims penniless and emotionally broken.”
Bob Nygaard first seen 2016 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bob Nygaard: Boca Raton private investigator says south Florida is a hotbed for fake fortune tellers, WPTV West Palm Beach (14 April 2016)
“No other victims are more maligned than victims of psychic fraud. The embarrassment of being swindled plays right into the hands of phony psychics.”
Bob Nygaard first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Psychic Scams Steal Millions From Unwitting Victims, Miami New Times (6 June 2017)
“They [the psychics] find someone that's at a vulnerable point in their life. They create a sense of dependency. They create a pseudo-world. They will tell people, "I'm doing God's work. I'm taking the money to the altar". The amount of money that these people are defrauded of by these so-called psychics is astronomical. We're talking in the billions of dollars.”
Bob Nygaard first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This Ex-Cop Has Locked Up 28 ‘Psychic’ Scammers, Returned $3.2M to Victims, patheos.com (21 August 2017)
“These cases are all psychological manipulation under the guise of assistance. They sell false hope. That's a very powerful product when you’re a person that's desperate.”
Bob Nygaard first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Psychic Freed in Florida Caught Chasing Seattle Spirits, newsmax.com (2 November 2017)
“No one has ever proved that they have psychic abilities since the beginning of time. And James Randi, from the James Randi Foundation, put up a $1 million challenge to any psychic who could prove their abilities. No one has ever collected.”
Bob Nygaard first seen 2017 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This Ex-Cop Has Locked Up 28 ‘Psychic’ Scammers, Returned $3.2M to Victims, Patheos (21 August 2017)
“I would like to stress how ruthless these self-proclaimed psychics are. They have absolutely no regard for their fellow human beings.”
Bob Nygaard first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Introducing Psychic-Busting Private Eye Bob Nygaard (Part 2), CSI Online (22 August 2018)
“I’ve never come across a case where an atheist got taken by a psychic. I’ve never had a case like that. I’m not saying it can’t happen, but I haven’t seen it.”
Bob Nygaard first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Introducing Psychic-Busting Private Eye Bob Nygaard (Part 2), CSI Online (22 August 2018)