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I guess it's a fine line.. if you take people's money and do something in exchange that you honestly think might have some effect (but actually doesn't) then it's ok, but if you take people's money and don't actually do the thing you claimed you would do then it's illegal.

I.e. maybe the guy was charging for something but they found he was actually just taking the money and then turning on the TV and watching the game instead of reading tea leaves or brewing a potion or whatever he claimed he would do.

Or maybe he just forgot to put the "For Enterntainment Purposes" disclaimer that psychics use to get around false advertising claims?