What about all the Christian/religious stuff in their homes? All of their talk about God and Jesus and goodness?
The fact that these con artists play upon a victim’s personal faith and end up brainwashing them into believing the Gypsy is really doing spiritual work is perhaps one of the most inexcusable, disgusting things a human being can do to another. In my opinion, what Gypsy fortune teller cons and their families are doing to destroy peoples’ lives in the name of stealing money is nothing short of sociopathic.
But because the typical Gypsy fortune telling storefront takes in an average of $250,000 per year, and because Gypsies are culturally conditioned since childhood to not feel bad about conning gadje out of money, it’s worth it for a Gypsy to go to all the trouble of putting on a religious act. They’re good at it, and they’ve grown up watching their mothers, aunts and older sisters doing the same. It’s a way of life for them and it’s the only culture they know, so it’s expected of them. They grow up in a closed society with established rules they must obey or they would risk being thrown out into a Western world they’re probably not equipped to manage on their own. That’s why they go to such great lengths to stay distant from the rest of the world they live in, to not assimilate.
Gypsy cons pride themselves on being able to con “stupid gadje” out of their money. It shows their prowess as a “fortune teller” if they can do it and get away with it.
Also, Gypsy culture includes superstitious beliefs of their own—mostly cultural rules rather than true spiritual beliefs—that refer somewhat to common Christian themes. But in actuality they have nothing to do with being Christian in the sense that we understand it. It’s more just that their own superstitious themselves leave them appearing comfortable talking about religious things, though most of their victims know a lot more about Christianity than they really do, despite the fact that Gypsies are taught passages from the bible—as part of their training to run the fortune telling scam.
Another reason for using their victims’ religious faith as a means for manipulation is that Gypsies know their victims. Who better to prey on than those who already believe in God and may believe in darkness? Religious and faithful people do half of the Gypsies’ work for them. All the Gypsy has to do is capitalize on that, to make a big show that they’re working for God.
Incidentally, the “church” they constantly tell you they have to go to so that they can work on your case is actually the Gypsy women getting together to share their stories of who they’ve conned, how it’s going, and to brag about how much they’ve stolen from you. Also, it’s where they can compare notes in case you get fed up with one Gypsy but, still under their brainwashing and believing that you need a “spiritualist’s” help, you decide to visit another one in your area.
