Identifying 2 cases PLEASE HELP?::!?

[Skywalkr1200]

Help identifying 2 cases PLEASE.....lol

1.This was a case about a family ...I wanna say of POrtuguese descent in the Modesto, CA area...who were ripped off by a psychic. She did some sort of ritual involving a chicken and money. Sorry I wish I could remember more.

2. The other case involved women who would meet men in hotels, drug their drinks and steal their money. One of the guys featured in this case was of Indian descent I think.

thanks everyone!

[Oooga Chucka]

Originally Posted by Skywalkr1200

2. The other case involved women who would meet men in hotels, drug their drinks and steal their money. One of the guys featured in this case was of Indian descent I think.

thanks everyone!

This one was Kelly Finnegan. I felt bad for the Indian man in the segment - here he thinks he is going to get lucky, and bam - he gets ripped off.

This segment was kind of funny, though, simply because of the cheesy "I'm gonna get some" sax music in the background. Also because the victim in this (and I think he may have played himself in the re-enactment) had the greatest moustache I have ever seen. Another thing that made it funny was the way they made it look like this guy was so desparate to get some. Kelly even asked him at one point to shave (as a segueway to her drugging his drink) and they show him in the bathroom 2 seconds later all lathered up. God bless the guy for coming forward, I think most men would have taken their licks (or lack thereof) and moved on.

[Skywalkr1200]

Originally Posted by Oooga Chucka

This one was Kelly Finnegan. I felt bad for the Indian man in the segment - here he thinks he is going to get lucky, and bam - he gets ripped off.

This segment was kind of funny, though, simply because of the cheesy "I'm gonna get some" sax music in the background. Also because the victim in this (and I think he may have played himself in the re-enactment) had the greatest moustache I have ever seen. Another thing that made it funny was the way they made it look like this guy was so desparate to get some. Kelly even asked him at one point to shave (as a segueway to her drugging his drink) and they show him in the bathroom 2 seconds later all lathered up. God bless the guy for coming forward, I think most men would have taken their licks (or lack thereof) and moved on.

thanks so much and ya......super cheesy...the guy was kinda hot...the one who played kumar anyways lol....no idea about the first one??

[Apostapler]

I want to say the woman's name in the first one was Elena Souza, or something like that. I remember the story well.

[Skywalkr1200]

Originally Posted by Apostapler

I want to say the woman's name in the first one was Elena Souza, or something like that. I remember the story well.

thanks!

[RobinW]

Originally Posted by Oooga Chucka

This one was Kelly Finnegan. I felt bad for the Indian man in the segment - here he thinks he is going to get lucky, and bam - he gets ripped off.

This segment was kind of funny, though, simply because of the cheesy "I'm gonna get some" sax music in the background. Also because the victim in this (and I think he may have played himself in the re-enactment) had the greatest moustache I have ever seen. Another thing that made it funny was the way they made it look like this guy was so desparate to get some. Kelly even asked him at one point to shave (as a segueway to her drugging his drink) and they show him in the bathroom 2 seconds later all lathered up. God bless the guy for coming forward, I think most men would have taken their licks (or lack thereof) and moved on.

Yeah, I think these scam artists usually target men who are either married or hitched, so that they would have good reason to keep quiet about what happened. This guy was single, so he did nothing wrong, but it still took a lot of courage to go national television and admit you were duped like that.

However, I'm willing to bet bet the guy got a lot of sympathy dates from his appearance on UM. I'm sure some women probably found his honesty pretty endearing, though if any of them asked him to shave off his moustache, I hope he knew enough to hightail it outta there .

[Kyle416]

With Kelly Finnegan, she also did this same scam on former MLB umpire Terry Tata, and made off with over 16, 000 dollars in valuables, including 2 World Series rings.
It's a shame she got off, because I'd like to know how she fenced the WS rings.

[2xJ]

Originally Posted by Apostapler

I want to say the woman's name in the first one was Elena Souza, or something like that. I remember the story well.

This type of scam, albeit involving gypsies, was also the subject of at least one episode of Dragnet (the late 60s version). Friday and Gannon go around busting up these con houses where old ladies give up their money in exchange for an egg in a handkerchief supposedly to take away evil spirits.

[crystaldawn]

Originally Posted by Kyle416

With Kelly Finnegan, she also did this same scam on former MLB umpire Terry Tata, and made off with over 16, 000 dollars in valuables, including 2 World Series rings.

Wow, very interesting! I was not aware of that. I found a few articles with the details:

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/articl...ts-2978588.php

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/U...ck-2956883.php

Maybe she sold the World Series rings to the guys on "Pawn Stars"...

[RobinW]

Originally Posted by Kyle416

With Kelly Finnegan, she also did this same scam on former MLB umpire Terry Tata, and made off with over 16, 000 dollars in valuables, including 2 World Series rings.
It's a shame she got off, because I'd like to know how she fenced the WS rings.

They're probably sitting in Dennis Walker's unrecovered sports memorabilia collection somewhere .