Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
"Clairvoyant, Palmist Medium and Spiritual Healer" card through letterbox
Does anyone know if there's a place one can report these unscrupulous parasites? Are they actually illegal?
This card includes offers to help with immigration, getting a loved one back, financial problems, 'blessing', 'Immediate result guaranteed' etc etc. Though at least it doesn't claim to cure AIDS I'd still like to contribute to getting it stopped.
Though generally I'm not one for dobbing people in, I think this form of preying on the vulnerable is the pits. So any information gratefully received.
Thanks, Marian
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Permalink Reply by John McMullan on
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Placebo. Just like the church ;)
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Permalink Reply by Marian Leatherby on
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For sure the pizzas etc do more harm. It's the practice of drawing the punter in with promises, and charging money every time there's a 'consultation', that I object to.
There is a landline on the card which seems to show something.
I received another one which actually gives an address.
Marian
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Permalink Reply by L F T Snowflake on
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The old Fraudulent Mediums Act of 1951 made these and similar acts illegal. It was introduced into Parliament by Winston Churchill and recognised Spiritualism as a legal religion for the first time. it was replaced by Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000 (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumer_Protection_Regulations )
These people prey on the vulnerable. Some years ago, I contributed a chapter to a book on the Paranormal entitled 'the Psychic Sherlock's' which looked at how they come crawling out of the woodwork whenever there is a high profile case - particularly one involving a missing person. I spent three fascinating months looking into the Suzy Lamplugh case and the 400 various psychics, mystics, dowsers and tarot card readers who crawled out of the woodwork on that occasion.
What can you do? Report him to the council for running an illegal business from home, not having public liability insurance and breaking his tenancy agreement, to the HMRC for not paying tax, to the Benefits Agency because you can bet he is claiming, to the Trading Standard for making false claims. Oh and you can get all your mates to book bogus appointments with him so that genuine customers can't get through (I jest of course).
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Permalink Reply by HBXL on
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I got one through the door today from a 'Mr. Wadud', who claims to be able to offer me "protection from....most dangerous things"
but I'm confused....does me mean he can protect me from almost all dangers (papercuts, stubbed toes, etc), or just 'most dangerous' things like plague, road traffic accidents and supernovae ?
it's important after all - i don't want to get ripped off.
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