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Psychic scam laws in Ontario?

Before you say "let him learn from his mistake" , stop. I am. But if there is something I can do, i'd like to. I was dating this man for a while, and he is addicted to his psychic and her circle of "energy healers" literally brainwashing him for years. Very similar to a story I just read by pure coincidence, I cant paste the link so just google this: "How could a well-educated TV executive let her addiction to psychics cost her £25,000 and ruin her marriage?" I understand in many cases, if you give your money up to someone for whatever reason --- that is your problem. But I am curious about the laws about this sort of behavior especially here in Ontario, Canada. The woman praises anyone to my ex who humors her lies either by falling for it, or even just silently ignoring it. When I started dating my ex, advice you would give your partner was in response to questions he would ask with common sense answers. He would still.. daily, mind you, inquire about the simplest concerns (Should we go to this restaurant or that? Is this the right time to go out of the city for a weekend? ect) -- and if her response matched mine, and it usually did, he would tell her. She then convinced him I...ME, was psychic. After battling this for way too long, I finally spoke up and downright said she is a scam. Of course now her psychic readings and tarot cards told him I am evil and someone in my family is going to kill him. Alright, so that is me venting. But in all seriousness, I have been spending time trying to find this woman. All I have is an email -- and any name searches come up null. She does not exists. No surprise there. $300 tarot readings, energy healing, $500 group meditation nights, reiki mentoring, astrological chart comparison where he is now at the point of carrying his chart with him everywhere. anyone new and significant he meets in his life, he gets a chart made for them as well and is advised on how to approach their relationship. It is ruining his life, his career, his finances, his friendships. I would seriously like to have an officer knock on her door and give her a whats what for taking advantage of naive people. Added detail: She occasionally audiotapes their sessions when she knows he wants to talk about dead people from his past. Then she coincidentally walks out of the room with him at some point, forgetting to turn off the tape. After you hear them walk away -- you hear a soft breathing, names being said, or full blown conversations in the background. They return, and at the end of a session it is replayed and the "Oh WOWWW"s begin. Note: Her daughter is also her receptionist. Her daughter is also addicted to plastic surgery with the amount of $ they make. Over 100k at age 25. While she could be legitimate and dead people are talking about noodle soup as he walks out of the room, of course because they don't want him to hear, I suspect in reality her daughter is pressing a remote to turn on audio after theyve left the room as such. Makes me want to scream. And he is 30. Full. Grown. Man I know, I know -- let him stew in his own broth or whatever. I did what I could, I tried my best to help -- but at some point to want hey have to want to help themselves. But she still irks me.

Public Comments

1. Unfortunately, taking advantage of naive people is not a crime. You can not disprove psychic abilities; if the customer believes it, it is a legitimate transaction for a service. She did all her readings and healings, she performed her part of the service. She is not liable. Unless you have proof of her saying to someone "oh yeah, I'm faking it, haha!" you can't prove that she is a scam artist; she may be legitimate, she did a service the legitimacy of which relies on her costumer believing her. If your friend just stopped believing in her abilities, it still does not prove she is a scam artist. It's the same converting to Buddhism after a bad experience with a Christian pastor collecting donations: your choice. It's like buying that Mystery Bag of Doritos: you may believe it is pickle-flavored, or you may believe it is cheese-flavored, and nobody but Doritos ACTUALLY knows what it is.