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The Psychic ReportDisclaimer

The telephone psychic industry has rapidly become a multi-billion dollarbusiness, within which some operators of these services are making vastfortunes at the expense of often, desperate, vulnerable or bereaved people.The psychic and related industries will certainly not therefore appreciatewhat 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, andstated in full accordance with statutory freedom of speech. We do notnecessarily claim that the information herein applies to all within thepsychic 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, whichfor the most part are being used for valuable and selfless service to mankind.Such people might include those providing a valuable service within Spiritualchurches, 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 psychichotline websites as psychics, mediums, clairvoyants and similar.

This report exposes these very same people, you know who you are, whoprey on the desperate, vulnerable and recently bereaved and other sincerepeople 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 andwatch 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 freewillof telephone psychics to make a living in any way they choose, but ratherto provide and thus empower those sincere people who seek the servicespsychic hotline services with all the information required to use suchservices 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 withgenuine psychic abilities on the end of psychic hotlines, because there maywell be some. But even if this is the case the chances of contacting one fromthe many available is like purchasing a lottery ticket. There will be somegenuine psychics on these numbers, but find one is another matter.

Psychic abilities are latent in everyone, and can be developed by anyoneand applied in very specific ways under very specific circumstances, usuallyrelating 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 besummoned at will and applied for the benefit of another person sitting on theend 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 readthe 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 PowerReport is this.

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

These people are almost always in genuine need of help, experiencing a widerange of personal issues ranging from relationships, financial or health issuesto 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 cannotafford, have been left to fend for themselves in a much worse state than ever.

Unfortunately these innocent people have seen the psychic medium showson TV and the glitzy websites full of pictures of psychics with mysticalsounding names such as Psychic Sue, Clairvoyant Kate, Tarot Tomand numerous other such contrived names, often wearing mystical lookingclothes, 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 servicesthat act as the platform or showcase for psychic services. They provideeach psychic with an area where they can describe themselves and their

services and provide a photograph. There is usually a rating system and ofcourse 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 psychicwho 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 psychicreading. 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 thecourse of months or even years, that many of these psychics are little morethan charlatans, in business only to part honest people from their money.

The psychic industry, which is totally unregulated, has become a massivemulti-billion dollar per year business. However notwithstanding theinevitable reaction of those involved in this industry I am simply not preparedto sit back and watch more people become sucked into these scams if I am ina 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 anyquestion 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 unconditionallyloved aspects of Him/Her Self, Who never, ever forsakes us, and has

provided every one of us with the ability to communicate, obtain answers toany question, and with abilities beyond the wildest dreams of most people.

There are of course times when people wish to use genuine psychicabilities for various reasons, by far the most important of which is to expandtheir own understanding of the greater realities and in particular suchimportant questions as what happens immediately before, during and after theevent which everyone will experience sooner or later known as death.Many people are wishing to make contact with and even visit people whohave 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 fromtelephone 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 againstthe psychic industry. I fully recognise the fact that everyone has an equalright to make a living in this material world. I also recognise the fact thatthere are genuine psychics out there who have a real desire to provide avaluable, selfless, sincere service for mankind.

However; many people who use the services of a psychic do so due tosome personal situation for which they need genuine help. These people

might be in serious financial trouble, have relationships issues, or recentlybereaved, but whatever the circumstances help is usually required, and inthese circumstances such people require genuine assistance.

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

I have written this document as a survival guide to anyone consideringseeking the services of a psychic. With this guide you will be able to decidefor yourself whether it is advisable to seek such services in the first place, andif 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 owndecision and your money when picking up your phone in response to one ofthese mystically dressed people with an exotic, psychic sounding name thatyou 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 psychicindustry for any ulterior motive. My main objective is rather that everyone isin possession of the true facts about the psychic industry in order that aninformed 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 psychicis 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 dowhatever 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 thatsomething of great importance to the client will happen by a certain date.When this much anticipated event fails to happen, the, by now highly anxiousor even desperate client, will phone the psychic on the same multi-dollars perminute telephone number to find out why, and to get the next predicted datefor 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 areextremely superstitious, and regardless of any health warnings thepsychic 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 minutenumber must be entirely yours.





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Introduction

Fortune telling has existed for centuries as a form of entertainment where aperson, for many reasons including curiosity, entertainment or perceived

need, will seek the services of people claiming to possess some form ofspecial psychic ability.

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

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

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

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

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

Parallel to the Internet has been a considerable increase in the psychicentertainment industry, usually performed by a stage psychic in a theatreor 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 correspondingincrease in the number of people with serious issues that they are desperate toresolve, but are unable or unwilling to seek experienced, qualified advice.

One of the biggest catalysts for the psychic industry is that very humanemotion curiosity. Everyone wishes to know what the future holds, and thetelephone 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 youcrossed 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 perminute, 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 itis impossible to prove or disprove in a court of law. A telephone psychiccan say anything they like to you in the knowledge that as it purports toinvolve intangible forces it cannot be investigated. Telephone psychicsare often therefore able to pull continue a con trick that in any othercircumstances 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 alltelephone psychics are using nothing more than psychology, or morespecifically an age-old technique known as cold reading, by which meansthey can convince almost anyone of their authenticity.

The truth is; the telephone psychics you speak with when you dial thatexpensive premium rate number, usually costing dollars per minute, are oftenout-of-work actors and others who have been trained to make fortunes fortheir 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 variousforms and which has been used for numerous purposes that go far beyond thepsychic industry.

For example, cold reading is a tactic frequently used by sales people who aretaught this technique to gain the trust and confidence of potential customersin 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 themselvesto falsification. Therefore, the prediction is never wrong, but a person's

interpretationof it can always be wrong.

2. Confirmation bias predisposes people to look for cases wherepredictions can be interpreted as accurate more than they look to findinaccurate ones.

3. Consumers of fortune-telling services may also fail to realise thatstatements made about them might reflect reality, but would equally apply tomost other people (for instance, the statement "you fought with your parents

sometimes as a teenager" applies to a large majority of people). This is theForer effect.

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

5. A person who performs a divination for himself or herself may be usinghis or her reactions to the arbitrary stimuli (such as tarot cards) as a way ofmentally 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 fortuneteller 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 herbehaviour in a way that makes the predictions become true, see self-fulfillingprophecy.



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11. Fortune-telling in the context of an individual's belief system has agood 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 aforedescribedconduct 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 analternative 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 muchless common a psychic to agree to be seen in person, unless they aregenuine, because they could not handle a one-to-one reading situation, and ofcourse they cannot appear to be mystical in person.

The exception to this are the genuine psychics who will usually agree to aone 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 oftheir money en masse by performing on a stage at a theatre, on television orsome other public place where they can charge for their services. The type ofcold 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 relaymessages 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 andall they represent in order to support their cold reading scam.

One of the main ploys used by Internet psychic sites is to have pages ofratings 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 ployon the part of the psychic service sites, and why so many feature them.

Psychic readers who conduct personal one-to-one readings with the clientpresent 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 phenomenathe 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 whenthe telephone will ring and they will be called upon for a reading, often whenthey are doing domestic work or some other totally unrelated activity!

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

The exception to this are psychic call centers which are manned by teamsof 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 abouttheir 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 theyimmediately have to drop whatever they are doing, and let us hope that it isnot a child, and place themselves into psychic cold reading mode.

It should be pointed out here that any true psychic abilities involvesdedicated 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 ofperhaps dealing with the tantrum of a child or other stressful situation, to theconditions 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 ofcourse that as you are paying dollars per minute for your reading, yourvaluable time should be spent for your own benefit not in listening to thepsychic convincing you, and themselves as to how good they are.

The psychic will then engage in some friendly banter aimed at putting theclient 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 techniquesto 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 moneythey will make for themselves and their employers.

It is also worth noting that the psychic often only receives a small fractionof 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 pimpwill take the majority of the profit, while the prostitute, the service providerwill receive only a small percentage.



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The principle is the same in both cases; keep the service provider, in thiscase 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 thereading even starts. Such excuses might be along the lines that conditionsare not ideal today or any one of a number of similar standard excuses.

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

As mentioned before, it is very important for the psychic to maintain theconfidence 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 theirservice provider.

One of the most effective ways of accomplishing this is to flatter the clientand 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 area very kind, considerate, sensitive person who cares deeply about others.

Just in case the personality of the client is in reality too far from this openingstatement, the psychic will cover themselves by adding: but I also sensethat sometimes you can be somewhat selfish, but this is not very often.

So the psychic has now accounted for both possibilities. There arenumerous other combinations of these openers which are designed to givethe psychic plenty of leeway during the forthcoming reading.





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Of course the psychic knows that the client will only take in the positivestatements 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 examplethe psychic might say, I sense that you are you are generally a tidy sort ofa person, but, and how can I put his nicely, you also have an untidy streak inyou from time to time.

Here the psychic has again accounted for all eventualities whileestablishing the fact that they are prepared to be honest; thus gaining moreconfidence from the client.

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

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

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

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

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

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



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

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

Of course the psychic will always tailor these statements to the type ofclient. Statements that apply to a businessman or a charity worker forexample, 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 theclient by observation, and by asking the searching questions that will providethe basis for the remainder of the reading.

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

This scenario will give the psychic plenty to work with from the outset andmight 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 ofcourse might not be content in this environment and wish for more, and soassuming 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 domesticsituation and often crave for more.

Again, this statement could very easily apply to many housewives. If thehousewife does not make a positive response to this statement, the psychiccan 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 suchfeelings 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 becomevery successful. I also sense that you have the strength to take this step in thenext couple of years.

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

And so the reading will progress with the psychic subtly asking the rightquestions in order to determine what response to make in order to soundconvincing.

Another frequently used ploy by psychics is generic character statementsuch 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 toabsolutely 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.

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So flexible are the use of generic character statements that an entire readingcan 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 readilyaccepted 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 mightproceed along the lines of:

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

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

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

And then the psychic might say; do you know of anyone living inAustralia. When the client confirms that they do, the psychic can thenconvincingly pursue that line of conversation.





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In this way these vague statements can be fashioned into something muchmore solid and seemingly impressive to the client, even though they clienthas actually provided the information themselves.

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

The psychology of the situation is such that the client will forget theinformation that has been subtly extracted from them, focussing instead onwhat 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 perminute to tell the client what they already know. By this time it might alreadyhave cost the client $10 or more to provide the psychic with theinformation they need to suck the client even further into the charade.

The vague fact approach can be applied by the psychic in many otherways, for example medical conditions. In this case instead of delving forinformation regarding geographical locations, it would be parts of the body.

For example, the psychic might endeavour to ascertain how a personpassed 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 apain in the chest area was involved. Of course many people do pass on dueto heart problems. If the client reacts positively the psychic will pursue thisroute. 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, alsoinvolving the kidneys. And so the psychic will always win by twisting theinformation received from the client to make it seem to be original.

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In the lucky guess approach the psychic will use the laws of average andtake a calculated guess at revealing some piece of information pertaining tothe client. If they happen to guess correctly then the information providedseems 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 asbeing due to conditions and move onto another guess or the next approach.The lucky guess might go something like this; the psychic might say: Isee that the name John means something to you.

Now in this case there is a good chance of the client knowing someone by thename of John. If not, the client may actually know someone by the similar

name of Jack or James or Joe, and be happy to accept the statement assignificant. The psychic can then develop the line of conversation basedupon the real name provided by the client after further questioning, thus

building up a more complete picture that the psychic can later stringtogether into what seems to an accurate, psychically obtained reading.

Again it should be pointed out that the client is paying the so called psychicdollars per minute to be told something new, useful or even profound, and notto 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. Herethe psychic will offer information about something a piece of trivia thatcould again apply to a large percentage of the population.

Many people will have similar items in their homes that the psychic willhave compiled a list of over the years. For example; they might have acollection of photographs that have never been formally sorted and placed

into an album. They might have food or medicine that is past the use bydate and never been disposed of. Many people have kept toys as a memoryof their childhood. Many if not most people have jewellery or similar itemsthat 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 highlikelihood of being correct on at least one of more of these options. When thepsychic scores a hit, they will then develop that line of attack byassociating the item with messages from the deceased relative concerned.

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

And so the reading would progress, with the psychic drawing from a widerange of industry ploys, utilising the ones most applicable to the client andthe 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 upondeveloping a line of attack based upon a series of carefully constructedstatements, 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 paidto provide the client with original and useful information of value, and not tospend dollars per minute of the clients money guessing at what they alreadyknow 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 psychicreader 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 lookat 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 ofextracting information that can be used later in the reading. For example; thepsychic might ask something like please tell me what is on your mindright 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 ofwoes 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 toodirect method of attack, they might ask the same question in a much moresubtle way by casually asking the client how they can help them, thus hopingthe 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 currentlyinvolved in a committed relationship? Or: are you satisfied with yourcareer and income, or do you feel there is room for improvement? Or

perhaps: Is there anyone special that has already passed over that you wouldlike to hear from today?

The psychic can then proceed on the basis of these answers. This line ofattack 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 makea 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 incidentalor veiled questions when the opportunity arises. Such a question might arise

by the psychic saying something like: I am starting to get an impressionhere. It is still a bit vague but I get the feeling that it could be involved withtravel. 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 ofattack. If the client responds negatively or seems unsure or unconvinced, thenthe 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 makea judgement based on their evaluation of the client and the answers receivedso far.

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

There are numerous variations on the question and answer approach, butalways with the same objective; to gain pieces of information that can either

be recycled and revealed as a seemingly amazing prediction later, or to useas further insight into the life of the client.

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

There are other ways of phrasing questions that the psychic might use togood effect. One of these is the negative statement, for example thepsychic might say you are not self-employed are you? The client mightthen respond by saying no I do not work for myself. The psychic willthen make a patronising response designed to gain the confidence of theclient 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 canfile that away to be recycled later in the form of another amazing revelation.





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Now had the client responded by saying well yes; actually I do own my ownsuccessful business. The psychic can counter this by saying somethinglike 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 theconfidence of the client as well as further information that can be recycledand revealed in another form later in the reading.

And so the early part of the reading will proceed, ostensibly as aninformation gathering exercise in order that the psychic can fine tunethe reading, and later produce amazing revelations that the client will notassociate with the previous information subtly extracted by the psychic.

Another way that the psychic can gain the confidence of the client fairlyearly 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 readinggenerally, they are psychologically more likely to accept it as a psychicrevelation such as: later this year you will be involved in a long journey orholiday. Or the psychic might even be more specific, for example; inSeptember you will be involved in a celebration.

The vague prediction approach works in a similar way to the horoscope youmight read in the daily newspaper. If it is vaguely accurate it stands out in themind of the person reading it. The other 99.9% of readings provided in thehoroscope, or in this case the vague prediction will be irrelevant and soonforgotten, so the client selectively only remembers the very small fraction ofthe 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 eachtime it is told, until finally it becomes an amazing prediction. Peoplehearing of this amazing prediction will then of course wish to availthemselves of the services of the same psychic, and that is how thereputation 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 toremember 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 wayto self-fulfilling predictions.

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

Of course to the client the prediction by the psychic was amazinglyaccurate, when in fact all the client has done is to accept the prediction andmake it come true.

Another type of prediction is the unverifiable prediction. This is a type ofprediction that sounds very plausible and convincing to the client, but cannotbe 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 thecourse of a reading. Some psychics might use just a few of these tricks ofthe trade, others might use almost all of them depending on thecircumstances, the type of client, and the time available.

During the course of the reading the psychic will inevitably need to dealwith negative responses from the client, and turn those responses to their own

advantage. There are many approaches to dealing with this situation, andeach psychic will have their own favourites compiled over time.

One of the main approaches used is an aggressive type approach in a friendlysort of way. If the client responds negatively, the psychic will continue to

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For example, this would be a typical situation of this type: the psychic willsay something like I sense the name Mike, does that name mean anythingto you? If the client responds negatively for example no, I am not familiarwith anyone of that name then the psychic will then push the point hard

saying something like are you absolutely certain? I am getting the nameMike coming through very strongly indeed. At this point the psychic,determined to be correct, will keep pushing until the client eventually makesthe connection, however vague for example; oh yes; now I remembermeeting someone by that name about 4 years ago at a social function. So thepsychic gets their own way yet again, appearing to have made anotheramazing 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 yousaying that you definitely do not know someone by the name of Mike, or thatyou might know someone with a similar sounding name such as Mick orMichael for example? In this way the psychic will either sooner or laterget the client to make a connection, however vague, or convince the clientthat they are suffering from amnesia!

Another ploy used by the psychic in these situations, is to make theconnection one person removed from the client. For example; they might say

could Mike be connected to a relative? Of course the client might not knowthe answer to this question, and would simply accept what the psychic issaying as factual.

Yet another ploy used by the psychic is to imply that even if their statementis wrong now it will be correct in the future. For example, on the question ofMike which initially brought a negative response from the client, thepsychic would respond with something like ah, but even though you donot 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 noway of knowing otherwise unless they can see into the future.

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or the other they are ultimately correct in the eyes of the client who will thenaccept 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 seemlike 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 isby establishing the right atmosphere. This is much more applicable to apersonal reading where the client and psychic are in the same room wherethe psychic will make full use of all the props such as lighting, incense

burning and of course the psychic wearing mystical looking clothes, muchlike the typical gypsy fortune teller. Other props might include the tools ofthe trade such as crystal ball, pack of tarot cards and books with mysticallooking symbols on the cover.

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

Telephone psychics rely more on creating an atmosphere conducive tosetting the client at ease. Of course, the picture of the psychic on thewebsite will typically portray a mystical air, often to match the mysticalsounding name such as Psychic Sue or Clairvoyant Kate or Tarot Tometc.. Also on psychic websites there is a trend for psychics to specialise

in various areas such as Family Psychic or Relationship Psychic orFinancial Abundance Psychic etc.. This gives the client much moreconfidence in that they believe their reading will be performed by a psychicwith special psychic powers in these particular areas of interest to theclient.



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It should also be pointed out that sometimes, even frequently, the picture ofthe psychic depicted on the psychic hotline website is not even theirown! They will often use an image of a person who looks the part, looksyounger, 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 andestablishing 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 perminute premium rate number, and to recommend their services to others.

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

I would like to advise you that I make no firm claims as to the accuracy ofany 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. Forexample, 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,

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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 coldreading trade being used by these psychics while exposing them for whatthey really are and having fun at the same time.

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

First of all it is important to clarify with the psychic whether they areasking you a question or making a statement. As we have already discussed, a

psychic will often make a tentative statement in order to gauge yourresponse which is then used later in the reading to produce facts that seemto have been psychically obtained.

So when the psychic makes a statement clearly designed to extractinformation from you, ask them outright whether they are making astatement 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 youdo not already know. You are not there to provide the psychic withinformation for them to later re-process and relate back to you as messagesoriginating 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 anon-physical person, or by sensing and interpreting your energy.

So make it absolutely clear as soon as possible after the session commencesthat you will not be answering any leading questions, only those necessaryfor the client to indicate what they wish to discover during the session. Alsomake it absolutely clear that you are not there to answer questions but ratherto 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 torespond with another question. For example; if the psychic asks who isDave, 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 psychicfor a reading, all you should need to do is tell them what you would like toknow, sit back and listen to the information provided.

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

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

To a question like this, disguised as a statement of fact and an obviousprompt for information; you can respond by saying that you are not surewithout thinking about it. You can then ask the psychic to continue thereading 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 acharlatan by trapping them with their own cold reading methods.

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

So when the psychic makes a statement clearly designed to obtaininformation, 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 psychicthis is like hitting the jackpot; a real home run!



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

It will be a source of amusement while at the same proving conclusively thatthe psychic is a fraud, really only developing a line of information theyobtained 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 areseeking based upon special psychic abilities. If you are paying there is a

contract between you and the psychic that obliges them to provide agenuine service, as with any other profession. You are not paying dollars perminute to be subtly interrogated and told what you already know.

There is also a much more serious aspect to this. While some people mightcontact a telephone psychic out of fun, or perhaps curiosity, other people,

perhaps even the majority, contact a telephone psychic because they have agenuine need and are seeking professional assistance. Many of these peoplehave severe personal issues, are recently bereaved, are suffering from ill

health and much more, and have turned to a psychic in the hope ofreceiving much needed, accurate information they cannot obtain elsewhere.

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

Continuing with your session, give the psychic just enough rope byproviding positive reactions to statements, and just generally going along

with the psychic until they have been given enough rope to prove theirfraudulence, and then confront them; in the nicest possible way of course.

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the psychic words to the effect; in fact I am not even married and neverhave 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 area home maker etc.. At this point the psychic will most likely do one of twothings; Either back-peddle and make an excuse along the lines of conditionsnot being right or make an excuse to terminate the session. They will do thiswithout hesitation knowing that there is easier prey waiting on the next call.





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Conclusion

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

For the most part these people on the end of dollars per minute psychichotlines are not true psychics or mediums at all, they are rather nothingmore than modern day, high-tech fortune tellers.

There are indeed people with genuine psychic abilities, but such people willrarely 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, responsiblepeople, who will often provide a sitting for little or no cost if the client cannotafford 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 canbe trusted is by means of a personal recommendation from someone that youknow 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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