{"id":759,"date":"2008-12-23T17:11:48","date_gmt":"2008-12-23T22:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=759"},"modified":"2021-12-04T10:51:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T15:51:05","slug":"psychic-scam-artists-in-the-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/psychic-scam-artists-in-the-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Psychic Scam Artists in the News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tuesday, December 23, 2008 4:00pm
\nI just read in Florida Today that Fort Lauderdale, FL authorities are looking for a self-proclaimed psychic who scammed five women out of nearly $65,000.\u00a0\u00a035-year-old Gina Marie Marks told the women she would rid their money of demons that brought them bad luck. \u00a0The women gave Marks the cash for a spiritual cleansing and they never saw her again. There might be additional victims.\u00a0\u00a0Marks\u00a0wrote the book \u201cMiami Psychic\u201d in 2006 under the name Regina Milbourne.\u00a0 Anyone with info should contact\u00a0Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.<\/p>\n

I thought, “this kind of thing is in the news often enough that I wonder what kind of person does NOT know it’s a scam?”\u00a0 This is the type of thing that happens most often among the “storefront psychics”, the ones with the giant hand in the window, offering a $5 or $10 reading.\u00a0 You go in, you get the cheap reading, then either before you leave, or the next day if she has your phone number,\u00a0she will begin to get a message that\u00a0someone has put a hex or spell on you, and she will need $50-$100 to remove it for you.\u00a0 By the time you say no, she has said enough words to make you anxious and afraid and wonder if what she says is true.\u00a0 Curiousity often gets the better of you if you’re not paying attention. \u00a0 If you are not hip to this routine, it’s classic.\u00a0 Then of course you’re hooked and she’ll suggest you bring her money to bless and rid of demons.\u00a0\u00a0And so often people are\u00a0so embarrassed\u00a0they got duped, and by a psychic of all people, that they just don’t report it.<\/p>\n

In all professions, there are people who are qualified and people who lie about their qualifications.\u00a0 There are people who are reputable and have integrity, and there are those who have learned what words to say to make someone think they are reputable and have integrity.\u00a0 There are psychics who can give you detailed information that they had no way of knowing, including names, and there are readers who give 90% of their clients the same generalized, non-specific info that usually fits 90% of their clientele.\u00a0 I can’t think of how many readings I’ve gotten by “psychics” that gave me absolutely no concrete info whatever, and that gave me broad strokes that would apply to a lot of people – but not to me.\u00a0 A lot of them have a good rap and it’s easy sometimes to get caught up in the story they weave.\u00a0 But accurate and relative to my own life?\u00a0 Those have been very\u00a0few and far between.<\/p>\n

But it’s always good to remember that the client attracts the reading they get.\u00a0 That’s why it’s good to always spend advance time getting clear on any matter you seek guidance on, whether from a conventional therapist or a psychic counselor.\u00a0 Think it through.\u00a0 What information do you seek?\u00a0 To get the best reading, ask yourself the superficial questions first, and give your intuition time to bubble up some thoughts for more detailed questions to really get at the heart of the matter.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>If you take advance time to get clear on just what you seek guidance on, you will attract a more relevant and accurate reading.\u00a0 And the more you\u00a0get clear, you less you will\u00a0attract\u00a0phony psychics or irrelevant guidance.\u00a0 Use your head.\u00a0 Seek guidance if you wish, but get several references from people you trust, not just whoever advertises the most in your area, and who says they are the best.<\/p>\n

Recognizing you have your own inner guidance available to\u00a0you 24\/7 is of course the\u00a0best remedy for all of that, but yes, I know – one step at a time.<\/p>\n

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