Psychic scams

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Hope this is the right place for this; and you dont mind.. but my friend handed me a letter today: she was very upset.

This is a selction of over five pages of this letter:

Karina Natalia world famous healer.. known as the woman with x ray eyes.
Please Derek dont run the risk of missing out on all of the wealth and good fortune I've seen coming your way. Even though we have never met, a mutual friend had suggested that you need my help.. I have done a reading for you.. and I need to share it with you straight away.. I have to warn you derek that your reading has unearthed dangers which threaten your path to happiness.......but dont worry I have exactly what you need to undo these barriers...

There is 5 pages of this drivel... to avoid impending danger you must give.. you guessed it.. money
Please quote credit card details below and give your date of birth.
This kind lady will then travel to Lourdes and get blessed water for you.
Donations are minimum £19.45 but she is willing to accept donations of up to £75,000
There is a page to fill in for prayers and healing for other people you know.

A neighbour of this friend is over 80 and was taken in, she was crying and thought that she should send money to avoid the bad predictions.
If anyone would like the address of this famous lady: Apt 66. 405 Kings Rd. Chelsea. London. SW10 0YZ

I know that it will be amail drop.. THING SORT OF THING MAKES ME MAD!!!!!

This is fraud at its best and once they have your card details and date of birth.. whoopie.

feel better for offloading that.
Should anyone like to send hate mail to the address above.. feel free.. remember not to pay postage: I am sure she can cover it out of the donations she/they have scammed.

[freda]

I would say to anyone who receives such mail, to write on the envelope without opening it...Please ....(using Elvis' words )

Return to Sender...address unknown.

Once you effect a reply they never leave you alone.

So famous ? I have never heard of her.

( We keep getting cataloges from Begium and France saying that Les has won £11,500...and they go straight into the bin.)

[bobdezon]

Well as delusional as Karina Natalia is this isnt her style at all. I suspect someone is using her name because of her recent british TV exposure. It is a scam though, they are sent out by a swiss man who controls the entire empire practically solo using shell companies in france etc. You should read this.

www.thisislancashire.co.uk/news/lancashirenews/display.var.865768.0.warning_over_psychic_scam.php

[farsideofthemoon]

Normally I would just say that this sort of thing is a tax on the stupid.

However, I know how difficult it is for the elderly especially, who are just not able to understand how many fraudsters there are out there. In their day, a letter was something official, and you would never even consider it was fraudulent.

Unfortunately it is probably those who don't have much in the first place, who are most targeted and taken in by these scams. It really does make me sick.