I received a phone contact a couple of days ago from a distraught lady who fell prey to a psychic scammer. My blood boils anytime I hear about phoney psychics inventing new methods to cheat persons. So, here’s lesson quantity one particular – in no way let a psychic or medium select you. You have to select to seek the advice of a medium or a psychic.
Claire (not her actual name) told me she received an intriguing message from a “psychic” by way of her Instagram account. The bogus intuitive sent Claire an e mail saying mentioned she had noticed Claire’s Instagram image and felt such “robust vibes,” she had to make contact with her.
The fraud mentioned she felt Claire was surrounded by adverse power, and if she wanted to rid herself of this negativity, she required to obtain “unique” crystals for $200. The crystals, the “psychic” mentioned, would enable her establish what was incorrect about Claire’s image. Claire ordered the crystals.
(Lesson quantity two – in no way obtain something to prepare for a expert reading. An sincere psychic/medium will charge you for a session, and that is it!)
In the course of the subsequent telephone contact, the shameful shaman told Claire that immediately after examining her image, she found that somebody had place a curse on her simply because the particular person wanted Claire to be unhappy. Even so – if Claire purchased “unique” candles for $500, the psychic could commence “attempting” to eliminate the curse. Sadly, Claire was scared into believing she required enable. She didn’t have the funds readily readily available, and charged the obtain on her Visa.
(Lesson 3 – in no way give your credit card facts more than the telephone!! Trustworthy workers use solutions like PayPal, or insist that clientele make e-transfers by way of a bank.)
The scammer told Claire it would take a year to eliminate the curse, and she required to spend $250 a week to make sure that the anti-curse kept functioning. When Claire mentioned she didn’t have the funds, the phoney mentioned she’d enable Claire out by arranging a easy payment strategy.
At that point, Claire got smart. She asked a buddy who’d visited psychic mediums in the previous, and gave Claire my telephone quantity. Claire referred to as in tears and immediately after hearing her story, I gnashed my teeth so really hard, I could’ve bitten even though steel.
“I really feel like I’m becoming scammed,” Claire mentioned. “But she talked to me on the telephone for hours, and treated me like a buddy.”
Of course the con lady talked kindly like a buddy, I believed. That is how they get you to trust them.
Claire continued, “But I haven’t provided her funds however to proceed with my remedy.”
“Claire, you do not require any cures,” I mentioned. “This particular person you are speaking to is not a physician, and you are not sick! No one particular can curse you – a ‘curse’ is practically nothing much more than believing one thing outdoors of you is emotionally and spiritually stronger than you. Inform me – do you think this so-referred to as psychic is much more highly effective than you?”
Soon after a moment’s hesitation, Claire mentioned, “N-no…”
“Fantastic girl.” I then advised Claire to alter her credit card quantity straight away.
We chatted awhile longer, and Claire seemed to really feel much better. Soon after she hung up, I was saddened to understand that some persons exist just to make other folks really feel terrible about themselves. I maintain a small piece of newspaper clipping by my desk to remind me of this. It is from the classified section, below “Astrologers/Psychics.” Right here are some of the advertisements:
“Mr. W— solves all difficulties swiftly. Perform, Really like, Well being, Depression, Enemies, Sexual Challenge, Poor Luck. 100% Removal of Black Magic.”
“Spiritualist Mr. K— solves difficulties associated to like, court, small business, household, funds, enemy. Treats black magic 100%.”
Lesson 4 – and in all probability the most crucial point to bear in mind – a reliable psychic or medium in no way promises to remedy your difficulties. That is your job. Life can normally be hard and, for certain, we encounter challenges. But we develop spiritually and emotionally when we study self-empowerment, and are in a position to reject these who say they can remedy our ills for a cost of crystals and candles.
