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Have you lost money to a psychic? Are you now receiving loads of spam and scam emails? Would you like the calls and spam emails to stop? Here's how.
Psychic scams prey on people's emotional vulnerabilities. Self-proclaimed psychics claim to have had visions or have foreseen your lucky numbers. These scamsters advise that you could come into a fortune if only you send funds to mail boxes for talismans, golden eggs or fortune telling guides to personal wealth. Or that the psychic will give you a reading or session. And of course, it usually starts with a free reading, "just for you".
For a fee, they will send your lucky numbers, "wish amplifiers", talisman or other paraphernalia, which will bring you great personal wealth, often through playing lotteries or other games of chance. The talisman are often plastic junk items such as beads or even cards.
First, we're not going to offer you much hope; after all these people are scammers. However, some of them operate businesses which are technically legal. Many governments allow psychics to operate - if you believe in psychics, government isn't going to stop your from throwing your money away. But that means the psychic has something to lose by not refunding your money - a complaint on record with a public agency like the Better Business Bureau (www.bbb.org in the U.S. and Canada)
If you have paid money to a scammer who has a place of business, ask them for a refund and ask that they take your name off their mailing list. It is important to state your name and address exactly as it is typed on the letter or email you received. Below is a sample letter to use.
If there is no information offering a money back guarantee or the ability to unsubscribe, then it is probably not worth trying: don't respond to the letter or email.
If you receive multiple letters, check whether your name and address is spelled differently.
If you have not paid them and have not responded to them, don't reply to them - that will just ensure you get more spam, because you are confirming that your address is active. Instead, just change your email address.
DATE:
To whom it may concern:
In reference to my account with you,
I am not satisfied with the services rendered and you stated that their is a satisfaction guarantee.
I also request that that I not receive any further mail and state as follows:
1. Please remove my name and address from your mailing list and the mailing list of your associated companies;
2. Please do not pass my name and address to any other companies;
3. Please notify your list broker to remove my name and address from their mailing list.
Thanking you.
Yours sincerely
Name (as it appears on letter)
Address (as it appears on letter)
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