The Psychic Report

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Disclaimer

The telephone psychic industry has rapidly become a multi-billion dollar
business, within which some operators of these services are making vast
fortunes at the expense of often, desperate, vulnerable or bereaved people.
The psychic and related industries will certainly not therefore appreciate
what I am about to reveal to you within the pages of The Psychic Report.

We hereby state therefore that what we are about to reveal to you is the result
of our own extensive research, knowledge and resultant conclusions, and
stated in full accordance with statutory freedom of speech. We do not
necessarily claim that the information herein applies to all within the
psychic and related industries, but rather to a very a significant proportion.

Who does this report not apply to?

The Psychic Report does not apply to those relatively few highly talented,
giving, selfless people with genuine psychic and mediumship abilities, which
for the most part are being used for valuable and selfless service to mankind.
Such people might include those providing a valuable service within Spiritual
churches, sance rooms and individual sittings. To those people, thank you.

Who is this report exposing?

This shocking report exists to expose the ever-increasing band of charlatans,
fakes and sundry con-people, hiding behind dollars per minute, premium rate
telephone numbers, often misrepresenting themselves on Internet psychic
hotline websites as psychics, mediums, clairvoyants and similar.

This report exposes these very same people, you know who you are, who
prey on the desperate, vulnerable and recently bereaved and other sincere
people who are most in need of genuine support, advice and understanding.

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Why am I writing this?

The short answer is because I am simply no longer prepared to sit back and
watch people being scammed, lied to and psychologically affected, often
seriously by charlatans purporting to be psychics of one type or another.

It is not in any way the intention of The Psychic Report to deny the freewill
of telephone psychics to make a living in any way they choose, but rather
to provide and thus empower those sincere people who seek the services
psychic hotline services with all the information required to use such
services in full knowledge of what to expect, and to accordingly be prepared.

Do psychic powers really exist?

Absolutely! Each and every person has latent psychic abilities.

Are there people who can genuinely use their psychic powers for others?

Yes there are; but the trick is in finding the genuine ones, and the fact is,
genuine psychics are very rarely found online sitting at the other end of a
premium rate telephone number charging for their services by the minute.

It should be pointed out that this is not to say that there are no people with
genuine psychic abilities on the end of psychic hotlines, because there may
well be some. But even if this is the case the chances of contacting one from
the many available is like purchasing a lottery ticket. There will be some
genuine psychics on these numbers, but find one is another matter.

Psychic abilities are latent in everyone, and can be developed by anyone
and applied in very specific ways under very specific circumstances, usually
relating to ones own situation and need for knowledge and information.

Psychic abilities are God-given tools for progressing through life.

However; this does not mean that our inherent psychic abilities can be
summoned at will and applied for the benefit of another person sitting on the
end of a telephone perhaps hundreds of miles away.

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It is true that some people have psychic abilities that enable them to read
the energy of others, but these people are relatively few and far between,
and locating one from the bewildering choice of psychics is a daunting.

The long answer to the question of why I am writing this Psychic Power
Report is this.

I often receive messages from upset, confused and often bewildered people
following encounters or a series of encounters with a telephone psychic.

These people are almost always in genuine need of help, experiencing a wide
range of personal issues ranging from relationships, financial or health issues
to being recently bereaved. These people were unwittingly sucked into the
claims, glamour and hype surrounding the telephone psychic industry and,
after parting with a considerable amount of money that they often cannot
afford, have been left to fend for themselves in a much worse state than ever.

Unfortunately these innocent people have seen the psychic medium shows
on TV and the glitzy websites full of pictures of psychics with mystical
sounding names such as Psychic Sue, Clairvoyant Kate, Tarot Tom
and numerous other such contrived names, often wearing mystical looking
clothes, pictured sitting with a pack of tarot cards, a crystal ball or other
mystical regalia, and have been sucked in to all the hype out of desperation.

It is very important to keep in mind that the psychic industry is a multi-
billion dollar business, and the participants professionals with one objective;
to part clients from as much money as possible, as often as possible.

You will doubtlessly have noticed that there are many websites and services
that act as the platform or showcase for psychic services. They provide
each psychic with an area where they can describe themselves and their
services and provide a photograph. There is usually a rating system and of
course the means by which clients can leave their glowing testimonials.

Each psychic is provided with a unique premium rate telephone number;
which, when dialled by the client is then routed to the home of the psychic
who will then stop washing the dishes or whatever other domestic work they

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were doing at the time, in order to do take the call and give the psychic
reading. These premium rate psychic telephone services receive a
percentage, often a very high percentage of the premium rate call revenues.

It usually becomes apparent after a succession of readings, often over the
course of months or even years, that many of these psychics are little more
than charlatans, in business only to part honest people from their money.

The psychic industry, which is totally unregulated, has become a massive
multi-billion dollar per year business. However notwithstanding the
inevitable reaction of those involved in this industry I am simply not prepared
to sit back and watch more people become sucked into these scams if I am in
a position to do something about it.

Another motivation is the truth that every single one of us, without exception,
is a Spiritual being with our own, genuine abilities to obtain answers to any
question from within. We are all equal aspects of The Universe, The Divine,
of God, Who cares equally for each and every one of us as unconditionally
loved aspects of Him/Her Self, Who never, ever forsakes us, and has
provided every one of us with the ability to communicate, obtain answers to
any question, and with abilities beyond the wildest dreams of most people.

There are of course times when people wish to use genuine psychic
abilities for various reasons, by far the most important of which is to expand
their own understanding of the greater realities and in particular such
important questions as what happens immediately before, during and after the
event which everyone will experience sooner or later known as death.
Many people are wishing to make contact with and even visit people who
have already passed on and are now residing in the afterlife.

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The fact is, all of this is possible for everyone with the right knowledge,
information and training, but one thing is certain; seeking answers from
telephone psychics will very often only result in one thing; a lower
balance in your bank account and no solutions to your issues.

I would like to make it absolutely clear that I have nothing personally against
the psychic industry. I fully recognise the fact that everyone has an equal
right to make a living in this material world. I also recognise the fact that
there are genuine psychics out there who have a real desire to provide a
valuable, selfless, sincere service for mankind.

However; many people who use the services of a psychic do so due to
some personal situation for which they need genuine help. These people
might be in serious financial trouble, have relationships issues, or recently
bereaved, but whatever the circumstances help is usually required, and in
these circumstances such people require genuine assistance.

The result of this can be extremely damaging to the person who genuinely
believed they were receiving help, only to later find this was not the case at
all, and the only help they have received is in the form of increased
telephone charges due to the cost of the premium rate call.

I have written this document as a survival guide to anyone considering
seeking the services of a psychic. With this guide you will be able to decide
for yourself whether it is advisable to seek such services in the first place, and
if you do what to expect and above all how to expose the psychic as a fake.

We are all blessed by our Creator with freewill, and it is entirely your own
decision and your money when picking up your phone in response to one of
these mystically dressed people with an exotic, psychic sounding name that
you have found on the pages of some brightly coloured website, but at least
now you are fully equipped to take on these psychics on at their own game.
It is most certainly not my intention to seek to discredit the psychic
industry for any ulterior motive. My main objective is rather that everyone is
in possession of the true facts about the psychic industry in order that an
informed decision can be made before using the services of a telephone

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psychic, what to expect, and above all how to determine that the psychic
is one of those with genuine abilities and can therefore be of true service.

At the final analysis however the psychic industry is a commercial business
and is operated as a business, and as with any business the psychic will do
whatever they need to do to keep the client coming back for more readings.

One common ploy used for example is for a psychic to tell a client that
something of great importance to the client will happen by a certain date.
When this much anticipated event fails to happen, the, by now highly anxious
or even desperate client, will phone the psychic on the same multi-dollars per
minute telephone number to find out why, and to get the next predicted date
for this event. And thus the psychic has the client hooked indefinitely.

At the final analysis the psychic is relying on the fact that many people are
extremely superstitious, and regardless of any health warnings the
psychic might offer, will still absorb the information provided as fact.

In making available this report all I can do is to present you with the facts;
the choice of whether to pick up the phone and dial that $1+per minute
number must be entirely yours.



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Introduction

Fortune telling has existed for centuries as a form of entertainment where a
person, for many reasons including curiosity, entertainment or perceived
need, will seek the services of people claiming to possess some form of
special psychic ability.

Over the centuries these psychic service providers have included a vast
array of people including seers, mediums, clairvoyants, tarot card readers and
of course the ubiquitous fortune teller often depicted as a kindly looking
old lady dressed in gypsy clothing who will gaze into a crystal ball and tell
you everything you want to know if you cross her palm with enough silver.

Over the centuries fortune telling has been a respectable business often and
quite rightly perceived as a bit of fun for example at the fairground.

There has always however been a more serious side to fortune telling and
mediumship whereby people, often desperate for information or a glimpse
into the future will visit a medium or fortune teller in the vague hope of
finding whatever it is they are seeking, often as a last resort.

Until recent years fortune telling and mediumship has been a fairly low-key
phenomena restricted to places of entertainment, and in particular private
readings or sittings or sance at the house of the psychic or medium.

However, the rise of the Internet over the last decade has coincided with
considerably more pressures in life generally, and with those pressures
considerably more desperate people who will go to seemingly any lengths to
discover the solutions to their problems, and in particular what the future
holds in the hope of being able to change it in some way.

Parallel to the Internet has been a considerable increase in the psychic
entertainment industry, usually performed by a stage psychic in a theatre
or increasingly on television as well as increasingly by means of the Internet.

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Concurrent with this massively increased profile has been a corresponding
increase in the number of people with serious issues that they are desperate to
resolve, but are unable or unwilling to seek experienced, qualified advice.

One of the biggest catalysts for the psychic industry is that very human
emotion curiosity. Everyone wishes to know what the future holds, and the
telephone psychics are most eager to provide all the answers; at a price,
usually charged by the minute and often measured in dollars per minute.

Not so long ago you would enter he tent of a gypsy fortune teller and if you
crossed her palm with silver your fortune would be told. Now you simply
pick up your phone, and dial a number that you know will cost dollars per
minute, and be told exactly what you want to hear to keep you coming back.

The telephone psychic industry is the ultimate scam due to the fact that it
is impossible to prove or disprove in a court of law. A telephone psychic
can say anything they like to you in the knowledge that as it purports to
involve intangible forces it cannot be investigated. Telephone psychics
are often therefore able to pull continue a con trick that in any other
circumstances would be a criminal offence carrying a severe sentence.

Many people of course will claim that the reading was accurate and
sometimes even seemingly amazing, but the sad truth is that almost all
telephone psychics are using nothing more than psychology, or more
specifically an age-old technique known as cold reading, by which means
they can convince almost anyone of their authenticity.

The truth is; the telephone psychics you speak with when you dial that
expensive premium rate number, usually costing dollars per minute, are often
out-of-work actors and others who have been trained to make fortunes for
their employers using cold reading techniques.

This document has three main purposes; how to:

Determine whether a psychic has genuine psychic abilities
Deal effectively deal with and expose fraudulent psychics
Utilise your own latent psychic abilities

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The psychic cold reading scam

Cold reading is an art form that has been around for centuries in various
forms and which has been used for numerous purposes that go far beyond the
psychic industry.

For example, cold reading is a tactic frequently used by sales people who are
taught this technique to gain the trust and confidence of potential customers
in order to secure their business.

Here is the official dictionary definition of cold reading

"Cold reading is a technique used by salespeople, interrogators,
hypnotists, psychics, graphologists, palmists, astrologers, con-men etc. to
convince another person that they know more about them than they
actually do. Generally, the cold reader will make a series of vague
statements, will observe the subject's reactions, and then will refine the
original statements according to those reactions. The technique is
sometimes applied in order to falsely convince an audience that the
reader possesses psychic abilities"



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And the dictionary goes on to say about cold reading:

1. Predictions almost always use vague terms and do not lend themselves
to falsification. Therefore, the prediction is never wrong, but a person's
interpretation of it can always be wrong.

2. Confirmation bias predisposes people to look for cases where
predictions can be interpreted as accurate more than they look to find
inaccurate ones.

3. Consumers of fortune-telling services may also fail to realise that
statements made about them might reflect reality, but would equally apply to
most other people (for instance, the statement "you fought with your parents
sometimes as a teenager" applies to a large majority of people). This is the
Forer effect.

4. Fortune-tellers usually exhibit skills at reading people and telling them
what they wish to hear (the technique of "cold reading").

5. A person who performs a divination for himself or herself may be using
his or her reactions to the arbitrary stimuli (such as tarot cards) as a way of
mentally organizing his or her own thoughts.

6. Predictions can be a source of amusement and diversion.

7. Predictions can reduce anxiety about the uncertain future.

8. When making a decision based on incomplete information, the fortune
teller or oracle can reduce the anxiety associated with guessing.

9. It can be an external source of authority to invoke in support of a
decision to be made, or in defense of a decision that was made.

10. The predictions themselves can cause the subject to alter his or her
behaviour in a way that makes the predictions become true, see self-fulfilling
prophecy.

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11. Fortune-telling in the context of an individual's belief system has a
good chance of being believed

In some states of America fortune telling is actually against the law. For
example: Fortune telling is a class B misdemeanor in the state of New York.

New York State law, S 165.35:

A person is guilty of fortune telling when, for a fee or compensation
which he directly or indirectly solicits or receives, he claims or pretends to
tell fortunes, or holds himself out as being able, by claimed or pretended
use of occult powers, to answer questions or give advice on personal
matters or to exorcise, influence or affect evil spirits or curses; except that
this section does not apply to a person who engages in the aforedescribed
conduct as part of a show or exhibition solely for the purpose of
entertainment or amusement.

There are many different types of cold reading depending on the client.

Such clients include, but are certainly not limited to people with problems,
people who are recently bereaved, and of course people merely seeking an
alternative form of entertainment or experience or simply out of curiosity.

Most psychic readings these days are conducted over the telephone,
increasingly by Internet messenger services or even by email. It is much
less common a psychic to agree to be seen in person, unless they are
genuine, because they could not handle a one-to-one reading situation, and of
course they cannot appear to be mystical in person.

The exception to this are the genuine psychics who will usually agree to a
one to one sitting. Indeed this is the preferred method for a genuine
psychic who has nothing to hide.

There are also the psychic stage performers who prefer to relieve people of
their money en masse by performing on a stage at a theatre, on television or
some other public place where they can charge for their services. The type of
cold reading used by stage psychics is usually of the fortune telling type,

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but are also mediumistic in that they claim to contact the dead and relay
messages from them to members of the audience.

Other types of reading include tarot, crystal ball, clairvoyance, aura readings,
palm reading, to the more off-beat methods such as tea leaf reading.

I should point out that some of these methods are potentially possible;
clairvoyance, crystal gazing and mediumship being examples, but all the
performer is usually doing is to borrow these impressive sounding terms and
all they represent in order to support their cold reading scam.

One of the main ploys used by Internet psychic sites is to have pages of
ratings etc. from satisfied customers. We will see later in this document
exactly how these people were conned into providing such ratings,
comments, reviews etc.. Nevertheless, these are a powerful marketing ploy
on the part of the psychic service sites, and why so many feature them.

Psychic readers who conduct personal one-to-one readings with the client
present use a vast array of conditions, props and ploys to take in their clients,
but this document is for the most part about this most recent of phenomena
the telephone psychic hotline.

It is a strange characteristic of the Internet telephone psychic industry that,
unlike other forms of psychic reading, the psychic reader never usually
prepares themselves for a reading. In fact they very often do not know when
the telephone will ring and they will be called upon for a reading, often when
they are doing domestic work or some other totally unrelated activity!

The technology used by these telephone psychic sites usually involves
dialling a unique telephone number displayed against the psychic of your
choice, which automatically routes your call to the home of the psychic.

The exception to this are psychic call centers which are manned by teams
of people trained in the art of cold reading, often out of work actors.

In the case of the psychics who work from home they are often going about
their daily activities such as cleaning the house, washing the dishes, caring

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for their children if they have them etc., and when the phone rings they
immediately have to drop whatever they are doing, and let us hope that it is
not a child, and place themselves into psychic cold reading mode.

It should be pointed out here that any true psychic abilities involves
dedicated preparation including the right conditions, deep physical relaxation,
often a meditative or trance state, and often with other sitters present.

In the case of a telephone psychic, going instantly from the stress of
perhaps dealing with the tantrum of a child or other stressful situation, to the
conditions required for a psychic reading when the phone rings is farcical!

Many psychics will commence a reading by endeavouring to establish their
own credentials in order to gain the confidence of the caller. Keep in mind of
course that as you are paying dollars per minute for your reading, your
valuable time should be spent for your own benefit not in listening to the
psychic convincing you, and themselves as to how good they are.

The psychic will then engage in some friendly banter aimed at putting the
client at ease and into a receptive mood.

Many people on the end of psychic hotlines, some of whom are out of work
actors and others with acting experience, are trained in all of these techniques
to capture the confidence of the client as well as in cold reading itself.

Of course; due to the fact the client is paying dollars per minute for the call,
the longer the psychic can drag these preliminaries out, the more money
they will make for themselves and their employers.

It is also worth noting that the psychic often only receives a small fraction
of the money received from the telephone psychic reading, their employer
taking the lions share of it to provide the infrastructure and marketing.

In many ways this is similar to the prostitution industry where the pimp
will take the majority of the profit, while the prostitute, the service provider
will receive only a small percentage.

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The principle is the same in both cases; keep the service provider, in this
case the telephone psychic short of money so they need to work longer,
harder and more effectively in order to make a modest living wage.

The psychic will also often provide excuses for possible failures before the
reading even starts. Such excuses might be along the lines that conditions
are not ideal today or any one of a number of similar standard excuses.

Once these preliminaries have been completed, at the clients expense of
course, the reading proper will commence.

As mentioned before, it is very important for the psychic to maintain the
confidence and attention of the client in order to keep the reading going for as
long as possible, thereby earning more money for the psychic and their
service provider.

One of the most effective ways of accomplishing this is to flatter the client
and make them feel good; in other words to appeal directly to their ego.

The psychic will therefore commence with words such as I sense you are
a very kind, considerate, sensitive person who cares deeply about others.

J ust in case the personality of the client is in reality too far from this opening
statement, the psychic will cover themselves by adding: but I also sense
that sometimes you can be somewhat selfish, but this is not very often.

So the psychic has now accounted for both possibilities. There are
numerous other combinations of these openers which are designed to give
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Of course the psychic knows that the client will only take in the positive
statements and discard the negative statements that they do not want to hear.

The psychic will then go on to make more specific statements, again
sounding convincing while taking account of all eventualities. For example
the psychic might say, I sense that you are you are generally a tidy sort of
a person, but, and how can I put his nicely, you also have an untidy streak in
you from time to time.

Here the psychic has again accounted for all eventualities while
establishing the fact that they are prepared to be honest; thus gaining more
confidence from the client.

Again there are numerous other such statements which might be used by the
psychic which we will not go into here, but suffice it to say they are all
very general, could apply to most people, and are designed to gain the
confidence, trust and of course the money of the client.

When the client responds positively the psychic will often respond with a
reward to keep the momentum going. For example; I feel very strongly that
you are a most kind, loving and generous person, more so in fact than with
most people I encounter.

This is analogous to giving a show-jumping horse a slice of apple after
jumping well. The horse, or in this case the client associates the slice of
apple, the compliment with doing well; in this case in saying the right things.

Cold reading relies heavily on human psychology, and accordingly many
psychics, especially those trained in cold reading are also trained in
human psychology to the extent necessary to conduct effective cold readings.

All the time the psychic is sucking the client further and further into his or
her confidence, thereby extending the session, resulting in more profit.

Another common ploy is to prime the client to be receptive to the information
being offered. This is accomplished by flattering the client by telling them

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they are for example open-minded, and this open-mindedness is
excellent to keep the flow of psychic energy moving.

If the psychic encounters resistance or scepticism, they will counter it with
statements along the lines of I feel that you are blocking the flow by
feelings of apprehension or defensiveness. The indications are that if only
you are able to open up more and be more accepting, it would be to your
benefit in that you would be more likely to receive answers.

Again, the wording will vary considerably from psychic to psychic, but
the objective is always the same, being fundamentally designed to convince
the client.

At this point the psychic might start the client asking questions of
themselves by sowing seeds of doubt, intrigue or even frustration. For
example; the psychic might say I am getting the strong impression that
deep within yourself you have much more potential in certain areas than you
have been able to actually realise, and this is making you feel frustrated.

It should be noted at this stage that all statements made by the psychic
could easily apply to anyone at all. Psychics know that there are numerous
conditions that statistically apply to a very high percentage of the population.
For example, the vast majority of people have some unfulfilled ambition;
there is nothing psychic about that.

As already mentioned, good telephone psychics are really pseudo-
psychologists. By getting into the minds of their clients they can guide the
reading in any direction, telling the client what they want to hear, to prolong
the session, keep them coming back for more dollars per minute, and of
course so they provide excellent recommendations both on the website and to
friends and family.

At this stage the psychic might employ the emotion of hope. It is human
nature to be dissatisfied with current circumstances and to wish for more; this
of course being a major reason why the client is there in the first place. The
psychic might make use of this with a statement such as I foresee
advancement for you resulting in the material success that I see you deserve.

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The psychic needs to be careful not to make everything look too rosy, so
they might throw in a qualifying statement such as but at the same time I
sense a desire for more security in your life; to you money and material
things are not everything.

This is a clever ruse by the psychic. They have stated something that the
client knows to be true, impressing them, but at the same time they have been
assured that they are not materialistic, and that security is also important.

Of course the psychic will always tailor these statements to the type of
client. Statements that apply to a businessman or a charity worker for
example, would not apply to a home-maker or a hospital worker or a doctor.

So the psychic needs, at an early stage in the cold reading, to evaluate the
client by observation, and by asking the searching questions that will provide
the basis for the remainder of the reading.

Some clients are immediately identifiable as being part of an institution
such as a housewife; which after all applies to numerous women and has a
high likelihood of being correct; especially if she has already confirmed it to
the psychic.

This scenario will give the psychic plenty to work with from the outset and
might go something like this:

I sense you have a strong affinity to the home which means much to you.

Now this of course has a very high chance of being correct. Many women of
course might not be content in this environment and wish for more, and so
assuming the psychic has received a positive response they could follow
this up with a statement such as:
I am getting that you are not entirely satisfied with your current domestic
situation and often crave for more.

Again, this statement could very easily apply to many housewives. If the
housewife does not make a positive response to this statement, the psychic
can easily follow it up with something like:

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But I sense for the most part you are happy in the home, and that any such
feelings of wishing for more are usually short lived.

Thus accounting for most possibilities.

The psychic can then go on to make a flattering statement such as:

I sense great potential in you to pursue a professional career and become
very successful. I also sense that you have the strength to take this step in the
next couple of years.

Now notice the psychic is stating that they have the strength to take this
step; not they actually will do so.

And so the reading will progress with the psychic subtly asking the right
questions in order to determine what response to make in order to sound
convincing.

Another frequently used ploy by psychics is generic character statement
such as:

You feel a need for your abilities to be fully recognised

You feel that you are not always given due credit for your work

Some of your objectives tend to be unrealistic

And numerous combinations of statements of this kind that could apply to
absolutely anyone, but at the same time to the client seem unique.

For example, in one experiment a number of people were given individual
horoscopes based upon their star sign; i.e. their date of birth.

The majority of these people rated their readings as being highly accurate.

In fact each of these people had been given an identical horoscope!

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So flexible are the use of generic character statements that an entire reading
can be based upon them, appearing to the client to be amazingly accurate.

The next ploy used by the charlatan psychic is the vague facts approach.

Vague facts are statements phrased in such a way, they are generally readily
accepted by the client as being true; at least to some extent.

In the case of a client based in Britain for example, a vague statement might
proceed along the lines of:

I see a connection with a warmer climate; possible the USA or a location
with similar weather.

Now many know people in the USA, and if not the USA it could be southern
Europe, South Africa, South America or any one of a large number of places
with a warm climate.

Now this obviously includes a significant percentage of the world. The client
might then react with could this include Australia? The psychic can then
make use of this volunteered information by going on to say yes it could; I
sense that the connection has a distinct colonial ring to it.

And then the psychic might say; do you know of anyone living in
Australia. When the client confirms that they do, the psychic can then
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In this way these vague statements can be fashioned into something much
more solid and seemingly impressive to the client, even though they client
has actually provided the information themselves.

It will be apparent by this stage that the main mode of operation of the
psychic is to casually ask a range of very general questions as an
information gathering exercise, and based upon the answers received from
the client they can re-cycle the information to present to client as arriving
from a psychic origin.

The psychology of the situation is such that the client will forget the
information that has been subtly extracted from them, focussing instead on
what seems to be information provided by the use of psychic powers.

It should be pointed out here that the psychic is not being paid dollars per
minute to tell the client what they already know. By this time it might already
have cost the client $10 or more to provide the psychic with the
information they need to suck the client even further into the charade.

The vague fact approach can be applied by the psychic in many other
ways, for example medical conditions. In this case instead of delving for
information regarding geographical locations, it would be parts of the body.
For example, the psychic might endeavour to ascertain how a person
passed over if it is of interest to the client, by guessing at the parts of the
body involved.

The psychic might say for example, I am getting the impression that a
pain in the chest area was involved. Of course many people do pass on due
to heart problems. If the client reacts positively the psychic will pursue this
route. If the client however indicates some other area of the body involved,
the psychic will link that area of the body with another statement such as
yes, I am getting the strong message that it was a circulatory issue, also
involving the kidneys. And so the psychic will always win by twisting the
information received from the client to make it seem to be original.

Another common ploy used by the psychic reader is the lucky guess.

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In the lucky guess approach the psychic will use the laws of average and
take a calculated guess at revealing some piece of information pertaining to
the client. If they happen to guess correctly then the information provided
seems miraculous to the client, and strengthens the hold the psychic has
over the client from that point.

If the lucky guess is not correct, the psychic will simply dismiss it as
being due to conditions and move onto another guess or the next approach.
The lucky guess might go something like this; the psychic might say: I
see that the name J ohn means something to you.

Now in this case there is a good chance of the client knowing someone by the
name of J ohn. If not, the client may actually know someone by the similar
name of J ack or J ames or J oe, and be happy to accept the statement as
significant. The psychic can then develop the line of conversation based
upon the real name provided by the client after further questioning, thus
building up a more complete picture that the psychic can later string
together into what seems to an accurate, psychically obtained reading.

Again it should be pointed out that the client is paying the so called psychic
dollars per minute to be told something new, useful or even profound, and not
to pay the psychic dollars per minute for guessing at things the client
already knows so they can re-cycle it and present it as original information.

Another commonly used cold reading approach is the trivia statement. Here
the psychic will offer information about something a piece of trivia that
could again apply to a large percentage of the population.

Many people will have similar items in their homes that the psychic will
have compiled a list of over the years. For example; they might have a
collection of photographs that have never been formally sorted and placed
into an album. They might have food or medicine that is past the use by
date and never been disposed of. Many people have kept toys as a memory
of their childhood. Many if not most people have jewellery or similar items
that have been passed down to them by a deceased relative.

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The psychic will mention these in the knowledge that there is a very high
likelihood of being correct on at least one of more of these options. When the
psychic scores a hit, they will then develop that line of attack by
associating the item with messages from the deceased relative concerned.

Other such trivia items might include a game with one or more pieces
missing. Old books or magazines on hobbies, interests or pastimes that are no
longer pursued by the client, a broken watch or jewellery no longer used.

And so the reading would progress, with the psychic drawing from a wide
range of industry ploys, utilising the ones most applicable to the client and
the manner in which the reading progresses.

There are a wide range of such ploys that are beyond the scope of this report,
but are so extensive that a complete book could be written about them.

At the final analysis this aspect of the psychic reading is based upon
developing a line of attack based upon a series of carefully constructed
statements, questions and lucky guesses, all carefully brought together to
produce what will seem like a coherent psychic reading.

In addition psychology is used by the experienced psychic, who will
analyse the client and steer the direction of reading accordingly.

Again though, and this cannot be stressed enough; the psychic is being paid
to provide the client with original and useful information of value, and not to
spend dollars per minute of the clients money guessing at what they already
know in an attempt to impress them thereby justifying the cost of the reading.

In other words the psychic reading is really for the benefit of the psychic
reader and their bank account, but carefully made to look as if it is for the
benefit of the client.

The next aspect of the tricks of the trade of a psychic reading we will look
at are methods of extracting information from the client by asking questions;
information which will then be re-processed and integrated into the reading.

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The direct question is often used by the psychic as a useful way of
extracting information that can be used later in the reading. For example; the
psychic might ask something like please tell me what is on your mind
right now. They ask this in the knowledge that almost everyone has
something on their mind.

It may well be that the client opens up immediately with an outpouring of
woes that the psychic can then use as the basis for the reading.

If the psychic thinks that, due to the attitude of the client this might be a too
direct method of attack, they might ask the same question in a much more
subtle way by casually asking the client how they can help them, thus hoping
the client will open up to the psychic, telling them what is on their mind.

The psychic might for example ask questions such as: are you currently
involved in a committed relationship? Or: are you satisfied with your
career and income, or do you feel there is room for improvement? Or
perhaps: Is there anyone special that has already passed over that you would
like to hear from today?

The psychic can then proceed on the basis of these answers. This line of
attack is not always appropriate due to the fact the client might be more
astute than to be taken in by this unsubtle approach. The psychic will make
a judgement on this soon after speaking with the client for the first time.

In addition to the direct question, the psychic can also throw in incidental
or veiled questions when the opportunity arises. Such a question might arise
by the psychic saying something like: I am starting to get an impression
here. It is still a bit vague but I get the feeling that it could be involved with
travel. Does this make sense to you?

Now this is clearly a vague statement in the form of a thinly veiled question.
If the client responds positively the psychic can proceed with that line of
attack. If the client responds negatively or seems unsure or unconvinced, then
the psychic can move quickly on to the next guess.

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There are many variations on this line of attack, and the psychic will make
a judgement based on their evaluation of the client and the answers received
so far.

Again it should be pointed out that the psychic should be pro-actively
delivering useful, original information, not telling the client what they
already know in a different way, because the client has already mentioned it
earlier in the reading.

There are numerous variations on the question and answer approach, but
always with the same objective; to gain pieces of information that can either
be recycled and revealed as a seemingly amazing prediction later, or to use
as further insight into the life of the client.

For example, if the psychic can determine that the client participates in
sports, they can reasonably deduce that health and fitness are of importance
to the client, and probably does not smoke cigarettes or partake in anything
else known to be damaging to health. So the psychic can later recycle
the piece of information relating to sport as a revelation such as: I sense that
health and fitness is very important to you. Such a statement, made some
time after the original sport information would seem impressive to the client.

There are other ways of phrasing questions that the psychic might use to
good effect. One of these is the negative statement, for example the
psychic might say you are not self-employed are you? The client might
then respond by saying no I do not work for myself. The psychic will
then make a patronising response designed to gain the confidence of the
client such as I sensed as much; I also sense that you are not the type of
person to be tempted by such an egotistical lifestyle. And the psychic can
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Now had the client responded by saying well yes; actually I do own my own
successful business. The psychic can counter this by saying something
like yes I thought as much; I sense that you are very astute and successful,
and place great importance on your financial freedom.

And by the subtle use of flattery the psychic can further gain the
confidence of the client as well as further information that can be recycled
and revealed in another form later in the reading.

And so the early part of the reading will proceed, ostensibly as an
information gathering exercise in order that the psychic can fine tune
the reading, and later produce amazing revelations that the client will not
associate with the previous information subtly extracted by the psychic.

Another way that the psychic can gain the confidence of the client fairly
early in the session is by making predictions of various types. These
predictions are usually fairly general and could apply to almost anyone at all,
but as the client is by now tuned into the psychic and the reading
generally, they are psychologically more likely to accept it as a psychic
revelation such as: later this year you will be involved in a long journey or
holiday. Or the psychic might even be more specific, for example; in
September you will be involved in a celebration.

The vague prediction approach works in a similar way to the horoscope you
might read in the daily newspaper. If it is vaguely accurate it stands out in the
mind of the person reading it. The other 99.9% of readings provided in the
horoscope, or in this case the vague prediction will be irrelevant and soon
forgotten, so the client selectively only remembers the very small fraction of
the prediction that was anything like correct.

Of course people tend to talk about those predictions that came true to other
people, while, like the party game of Chinese whispers embellishing it each
time it is told, until finally it becomes an amazing prediction. People
hearing of this amazing prediction will then of course wish to avail
themselves of the services of the same psychic, and that is how the
reputation of a psychic will spread, notwithstanding the fact that the

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psychic was actually 99.9% wrong most of the time. It is human nature to
remember what suits a person, and to conveniently discard the rest.

There are various types of predictions varying from the lucky guess,
through vague predictions to predictions based upon known facts all the way
to self-fulfilling predictions.

The self-fulfilling prediction can actually be very powerful. If a client is told
for example that within the next few weeks you will feel healthier and find
yourself with more friends, the client is often so desperate for this to become
true that they start eating healthier, taking more exercise and taking more
time to socialise thereby meeting more people.

Of course to the client the prediction by the psychic was amazingly
accurate, when in fact all the client has done is to accept the prediction and
make it come true.

Another type of prediction is the unverifiable prediction. This is a type of
prediction that sounds very plausible and convincing to the client, but cannot
be verified. For example the psychic might say; one of your friends is,
unbeknown to you, feeling animosity towards you. Now this is a type of
prediction that can sound very plausible and convincing, but can never really
be verified. So the client will accept it as yet another amazing prediction.

So these are some of the main elements that the psychic might use in the
course of a reading. Some psychics might use just a few of these tricks of
the trade, others might use almost all of them depending on the
circumstances, the type of client, and the time available.

During the course of the reading the psychic will inevitably need to deal
with negative responses from the client, and turn those responses to their own
advantage. There are many approaches to dealing with this situation, and
each psychic will have their own favourites compiled over time.

One of the main approaches used is an aggressive type approach in a friendly
sort of way. If the client responds negatively, the psychic will continue to
push the statement strongly implying that the client is mistaken.

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For example, this would be a typical situation of this type: the psychic will
say something like I sense the name Mike, does that name mean anything
to you? If the client responds negatively for example no, I am not familiar
with anyone of that name then the psychic will then push the point hard
saying something like are you absolutely certain? I am getting the name
Mike coming through very strongly indeed. At this point the psychic,
determined to be correct, will keep pushing until the client eventually makes
the connection, however vague for example; oh yes; now I remember
meeting someone by that name about 4 years ago at a social function. So the
psychic gets their own way yet again, appearing to have made another
amazing psychic prediction.

If the client is more awkward and stands by their original answer, the
psychic may well increase the pressure by saying something like are you
saying that you definitely do not know someone by the name of Mike, or that
you might know someone with a similar sounding name such as Mick or
Michael for example? In this way the psychic will either sooner or later
get the client to make a connection, however vague, or convince the client
that they are suffering from amnesia!

Another ploy used by the psychic in these situations, is to make the
connection one person removed from the client. For example; they might say
could Mike be connected to a relative? Of course the client might not know
the answer to this question, and would simply accept what the psychic is
saying as factual.

Yet another ploy used by the psychic is to imply that even if their statement
is wrong now it will be correct in the future. For example, on the question of
Mike which initially brought a negative response from the client, the
psychic would respond with something like ah, but even though you do
not know Mike now, you will know him in the near future. So here the
psychic has to be correct in the eyes of the client, because they have no
way of knowing otherwise unless they can see into the future.

There are many other variations that the psychic can use when the client
initially responds negatively, in order to ensure that sooner or later, one way

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or the other they are ultimately correct in the eyes of the client who will then
accept this as another amazing prediction.

Whatever happens, an experienced psychic expert in cold reading, will
always be able to take any negative response and turn it into what will seem
like an accurate and often amazing prediction in the eyes of the client.

In addition therefore to the actual question and answer aspect of the reading,
the psychic must also steer the reading in the required direction for them.
Again, as with the questions and aspects aspect of the reading, there are many
ploys the psychic can use.

It is important for the psychic to encourage feedback in order to have
plenty of information to work with. The first way a psychic can do this is
by establishing the right atmosphere. This is much more applicable to a
personal reading where the client and psychic are in the same room where
the psychic will make full use of all the props such as lighting, incense
burning and of course the psychic wearing mystical looking clothes, much
like the typical gypsy fortune teller. Other props might include the tools of
the trade such as crystal ball, pack of tarot cards and books with mystical
looking symbols on the cover.

Of course many of these atmosphere setting ploys are not applicable to a
telephone psychic reading which this report is mostly about. They are
worth keeping in mind however should you encounter a psychic in person.

Telephone psychics rely more on creating an atmosphere conducive to
setting the client at ease. Of course, the picture of the psychic on the
website will typically portray a mystical air, often to match the mystical
sounding name such as Psychic Sue or Clairvoyant Kate or Tarot Tom
etc.. Also on psychic websites there is a trend for psychics to specialise
in various areas such as Family Psychic or Relationship Psychic or
Financial Abundance Psychic etc.. This gives the client much more
confidence in that they believe their reading will be performed by a psychic
with special psychic powers in these particular areas of interest to the
client.

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It should also be pointed out that sometimes, even frequently, the picture of
the psychic depicted on the psychic hotline website is not even their
own! They will often use an image of a person who looks the part, looks
younger, looks more glamorous, and generally fits the expectation of the
client the best, designed only to gain the confidence of the potential client.

Other ploys used include having suitable music playing in the background,
and to speak with a mystical, often soft fortune teller type of voice.

So before the reading even starts, the psychic is setting the client up and
establishing the odds as much in the favour of the psychic as possible.

These are just a few of the ploys used by the skilled psychic reader in the
course of convincing the client, keep them coming back to the dollars per
minute premium rate number, and to recommend their services to others.

Of course it is not always plain sailing for the psychic, and they sometimes
encounter difficult, awkward or sceptical clients. So part of the
training of a psychic will be to deal with this particular group of clients. In
order to pre-empt this possibility the psychic will also often offer a
disclaimer that might go something like this:

I would like to advise you that I make no firm claims as to the accuracy of
any information I provide. What I can tell you however is that millions of
people have psychic readings every year, and most find it was useful to them.
Of course there are many psychic influences that are beyond our control. For
example, the alignment of the planets might be such that obtaining the right
psychic currents is not as easy as usual. All I ask is that you remain open-
minded, and I am sure you will find this reading to me most useful

What the psychic has subtly done here is to pre-empt any possible objections,
scepticism or major inaccuracies, and at the same time conveyed an attitude
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How To Thwart the Charlatan Psychic

In this section we will take a look at how to thwart the tricks of the cold
reading trade being used by these psychics while exposing them for what
they really are and having fun at the same time.

It should be stated from the outset that this information is to be used
exclusively to protect your own interests. It should never be used in a
malicious manner designed only to cause the psychic suffering in any way.

First of all it is important to clarify with the psychic whether they are
asking you a question or making a statement. As we have already discussed, a
psychic will often make a tentative statement in order to gauge your
response which is then used later in the reading to produce facts that seem
to have been psychically obtained.

So when the psychic makes a statement clearly designed to extract
information from you, ask them outright whether they are making a
statement or asking a question.

If they are asking a question, dont answer it.

The psychic is being paid to provide you with unique information that you
do not already know. You are not there to provide the psychic with
information for them to later re-process and relate back to you as messages
originating from psychic sources.

If the psychic is genuine they will have the ability to receive original,
accurate, relevant information, either as a medium communicating with a
non-physical person, or by sensing and interpreting your energy.

So make it absolutely clear as soon as possible after the session commences
that you will not be answering any leading questions, only those necessary
for the client to indicate what they wish to discover during the session. Also
make it absolutely clear that you are not there to answer questions but rather
to receive accurate information on matters that are important to you.

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Another effective ploy you can use if the psychic asks you a question is to
respond with another question. For example; if the psychic asks who is
Dave, you can respond by saying something like I never mentioned a Dave,
so how am I to know who Dave is; you are the psychic after all.

Let us once again be absolutely clear about this. When you pay a psychic
for a reading, all you should need to do is tell them what you would like to
know, sit back and listen to the information provided.

The psychic might justifiably ask you what you would like to know, in
which case you can justifiably provide them with an appropriate answer, but
do not provide the psychic with any specific information that they can use.

Once the psychic realises they are in trouble, they might endeavour to
ascertain whether they are moving in the right direction by making a leading
statement in the form of a question such as: and what I have just relayed to
you means something to you doesnt it?

To a question like this, disguised as a statement of fact and an obvious
prompt for information; you can respond by saying that you are not sure
without thinking about it. You can then ask the psychic to continue the
reading of the information they are receiving from non-physical sources.

Taking this to the next level you can move on to exposing the psychic as a
charlatan by trapping them with their own cold reading methods.

To do this you provide the psychic with the feedback they are looking for
and watch what they do with the information.

So when the psychic makes a statement clearly designed to obtain
information, appear to be surprised and respond by saying something like:

Wow, thats really amazing! What else can you tell me?

This is exactly the sort of reaction the psychic hopes for. To the psychic
this is like hitting the jackpot; a real home run!

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The psychic will then usually seize upon this theme and pursue it
vigorously. As the psychic pursues the theme you can react enthusiastically
as they roll out more and more amazing psychic revelations

It will be a source of amusement while at the same proving conclusively that
the psychic is a fraud, really only developing a line of information they
obtained from you, but re-cycled to make it looks as if it is of psychic origin.

You might be wondering by now whether this practice is really ethical.

The fact is, you are paying a substantial sum of money, often by the minute,
to someone who purports to be able to help you with information you are
seeking based upon special psychic abilities. If you are paying there is a
contract between you and the psychic that obliges them to provide a
genuine service, as with any other profession. You are not paying dollars per
minute to be subtly interrogated and told what you already know.

There is also a much more serious aspect to this. While some people might
contact a telephone psychic out of fun, or perhaps curiosity, other people,
perhaps even the majority, contact a telephone psychic because they have a
genuine need and are seeking professional assistance. Many of these people
have severe personal issues, are recently bereaved, are suffering from ill
health and much more, and have turned to a psychic in the hope of
receiving much needed, accurate information they cannot obtain elsewhere.

Unfortunately therefore being the victim of a psychic cold reading scam can
compound the already serious issues these people are experiencing, making
things much worse than they were before.

Continuing with your session, give the psychic just enough rope by
providing positive reactions to statements, and just generally going along
with the psychic until they have been given enough rope to prove their
fraudulence, and then confront them; in the nicest possible way of course.

For example; the psychic might have been providing information about,
or relaying messages from a deceased husband or wife. You can now say to

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the psychic words to the effect; in fact I am not even married and never
have been; so how were you able to provide information about my spouse?

This same principle works for any line the psychic was pursuing; e.g. your
new house when you still live with your parents; your new job when you are
a home maker etc.. At this point the psychic will most likely do one of two
things; Either back-peddle and make an excuse along the lines of conditions
not being right or make an excuse to terminate the session. They will do this
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Conclusion

The psychic industry has become a multi-billion dollar industry where
money and profit is the primary motive rather then genuinely helping people.

For the most part these people on the end of dollars per minute psychic
hotlines are not true psychics or mediums at all, they are rather nothing
more than modern day, high-tech fortune tellers.

There are indeed people with genuine psychic abilities, but such people will
rarely be found on the end of a premium rate telephone number, with glitzy,
mystical sounding names, charging dollars per minute.

Genuine psychics and mediums are usually sensitive, generous, responsible
people, who will often provide a sitting for little or no cost if the client cannot
afford it out of a genuine feeling of service to others. Finding such genuine
psychics however can be difficult, and the only real way to find one that can
be trusted is by means of a personal recommendation from someone that you
know and trust or often through a Spiritual church.

However; and this is most important; every single person, without
exception, has latent psychic abilities of all types that can be developed
for your own purposes with the right information and commitment.



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By developing your own natural psychic abilities you will know, beyond any
doubt the accuracy of the information or impressions received, without ever
running the very high risk of being scammed by a cold reading charlatan on
the end of a dollars per minute telephone line, whos only concern is to
prolong the call for as long as possible, to keep you coming back for more.

As with all psychic, metaphysical and other inner abilities, once you
experience these natural abilities for yourself, you will never be left in any
doubt whatsoever as to the truth, reality and absolute value of the experience.

You will know, beyond any possible doubt that you have the God-given
ability to make maximum use of these powers to help you in your current life,
your evolution, and in understanding what awaits you once your current life
on Earth draws to a close. You can live life in power, happiness and freedom.

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Developing Your Own Psychic Powers

It will be apparent by now that the psychic industry is at best a
considerable risk, and at worst an outright scam, unless you approach it as a
bit of fun, just as you would a fortune teller.

Fortune telling, of which psychic readings are a part, is also illegal in many
states of America and anyone engaging in that activity is committing an
offence that is punishable by law.

The good news is that every single person has natural, latent Psychic Powers
that can be easily developed, as the Universe intended, for your own use.

With your own Psychic Powers you can acquire many valuable abilities,
many of which might seem amazing to most people, but which are in fact
inherent in everyone with the right knowledge, training and commitment.

Once you have developed your psychic powers never again will you need to
pay dollars per minute only to be subjected to a worthless cold reading.
You will have the ability to acquire absolutely everything you need for free.

Psychic Power Secrets, Clairvoyance Power Secrets and Telekinesis
Power Secrets are without question the most powerful course of books that
have ever been made available to develop your own Psychic Powers.



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