Magic by phone in Moscow exposed psychics Scam

They promised to remove damage and to cure diseases, but the prediction of their own future problems. In Moscow liquidated a call center psychics who promote their services through advertising on TV. The healing power of calls fueled by large remittances from unsuspecting customers.

Hesitantly, almost in a whisper — hardly the voice of the victims know the one that sounded on the phone when people literally required to pay for the services of psychics. Work tools — a dozen mobile phones, Bank cards, USB drives. Everything is simple and no magic — it ended at exactly the moment when the account of the scammers received the money.

– Go put a candle in the Church. Well, you have to pay 14 thousand. Said that tomorrow the ritual will hold, and you will be all right.

the Scheme is old and well known: straight from the TV screens of so-called hereditary fortune teller promises to deal with all the problems, just call the number indicated. The ritual is carried out immediately on the phone. But for this to work probably, you need to pay. But this work, or rather, the customer service did not end. Psychics continued to ring and find new ways of getting money.

– we continued the sessions and for each session I paid for. There were a lot of sessions. In the end, I paid 1 million 750 rubles.

the same difficulties, but without means of existence left more than 50 people. The crooks tried to pull every last penny.

“According to preliminary data, the total amount of damages exceeds 5 million rubles. Investigation Department of the Department of internal Affairs on Northwest administrative district of the Main Department of the MIA of Russia in Moscow brought 9 criminal cases on signs of the crimes provided by article 159 of the criminal code of the Russian Federation”, — said Irina Wolf, a spokesman for the interior Ministry.

the Thirst for easy money cost the fraud of freedom. Five have already taken into custody remaining before the court are under house arrest.

Text: “to Conduct-Moscow”