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Gypsy: Lori, Psychic Advisor (Lori Adams)
Location: 148 E. Main Street, Newark, Delaware
Phone: 302-737-6282
Description: Late 20s to early 30s, shoulder length brown hair with blond highlights. She promises to "reunite the separated" on her flyer.
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 Lucky for me, I caught on to the scam quickly. But it could have been worse had I
been "rock bottom desperate".
I came to her shop for the $10 card reading. I was also on the verge of breaking
up with my boyfriend of 2 years, but undecided. So I was in a very vulnerable and
emotional state. Part of me believed that the psychic would give me some real
advice. I went with a friend, who was told to wait outside. Lori said the $10
reading came with only 2 questions, and she had a "life reading" that would tell all
for only $40. Ok. Not bad, I'll do it. Her storefront was also her "home" as I was
led into her living room and sat on a sofa while she spread out the cards. She told
me I was very creative (I'm an artist, ok, that's good), that the last couple of years
have been very difficult for me (ok, true, I've had my share of struggle). She asked
if I had trouble sleeping. I haven't been sleeping well, true. She asked if I had any
back pain, or stomach pain. Ok, that's a miss, and I told her no. So she recovers
by telling me to watch for it. Ok faith regained. Then she proceeds to tell me that
there is a lot of jealousy. I asked if it were me being jealous, because that is true.
She says "No! People are jealous of you!" She also says that she sees a troubled
relationship, but that this man is my soul mate, and we are meant for each other.
Bingo! Just what I wanted to hear, right? And that my past relationships have been
difficult. (duh, of course they were difficult, that is why they are over, but I didn't
see
that bit of manipulation)
She says there is an older woman, someone close to me,
who is a source of negative energy, and that this person wishes me harm. And as
long as I have this negativity, men will always see me as negative, and I will never
be happy in relationships. AND I WILL LOSE MY SOUL MATE if I don't follow her
instruction. She dramatically puts the cards over her face and says "This is all he
will see if you don't get rid of the negativity. No one will EVER SEE THE REAL
YOU unless you do what I say". So I'm thinking of my roommate, a girl a few years
older than me, who is single and often envies those who are getting married and
having families. She is always there to listen to me complain about relationships
and tell me that I don't deserve the treatment I get. I get paranoid. I wonder if she
is jealous and doesn't want me to be happy, or to succeed before her? Maybe
she's trying to encourage me to break up with these guys when there is really
nothing wrong? Lori confirms this. She is confident that she will give me the
EXACT NAME of this person who is the source of negativity. So what do I do?
She tells me it will cost $100. I tell her I'm skeptical, which I am. Then she says it
won't work, I have to believe, and that if I don't do this not only will I lose the soul
mate, but any relationship forward will be doomed because of this negativity.
She
even seems peturbed, and justifies the money by saying its doing something good
for me, and do you think twice when you buy a little piece of jewelry? Good
argument, right? I'm thinking, gee, every guy I've dated in the last 5 years has told
me I'm always upset, or unhappy, or NEGATIVE! (don't think that maybe I was
upset because they were not the right guys for me) So I decide to trust Lori, and
go get the $100. She tells me that I am not to speak of this to anyone, not even my
friend who is waiting outside. If they find out, it will not work. She gives me a plain
white candle and tells me to hide it. If anyone sees it, I should call her right away.
I carefully hide it in my purse. Then she has me write my name, my phone
number, and 2 things I want most in life. So pathetically I scrawl my name, and
that I want friendship and contentment. She tells me I must be positive throughout
this, to think only positive thoughts or it won't work. I must burn the candle for 15 -
20 minutes each night and then go right to bed. I also had to keep track of my
dreams and tell her of them. She had also mentioned something about sending
more things to me, but she didn't want me to give her my address then. She said
she would get it when we spoke next. She asked me to call her the next day (I
lived out of state) so she could get my "vibration" and also to see how I was doing.
I felt like she cared, and that she was truly going to help. After all, who wants to
live knowing that someone somewhere, maybe your friend, was wishing you evil?
And being tired of failed relationships, I thought if this negativity were removed,
maybe I would have a fair chance at happiness.
So I tell her I'll call her the next
day. I didn't tell my friend what had happened, even though she begged. That
night I felt some relief, I lit my candle, thought positive thoughts, and promptly went
to bed. I called Lori the next day and told her my dreams. It was a short call. She
didn't ask for my address. She said call her the next day. So I do. That day she
didn't seem interested in the dreams, she said she was going to meditate on
something else for me. She told me to sleep in pure white that night. So I buy a
pure white nightgown to sleep in. That night my candle was too close to the
ceiling and I nearly started a fire (though it did scorch the knotty pine ceiling pretty
good). I was scared. The next day I called her at 3, as she instructed, and she did
not pick up the phone. I left her a message with my number for her to call me. She
did not. I wait and wait. I finally called again at 8:30, because I'm believing in her,
right? and I'm supposed to talk to her every day so she can "feel" me. She did not
expect me, and sounded like she forgot who I was. Then she hurriedly listened to
me, told me the scorching of the ceiling was the "evil" and that I shouldn't worry. I
guess she loved that opportunity to show me some proof. She said she had to go
since there were people there, and that she was going to call me back. She didn't.
I felt let down, but tried to be positive. That night I had a huge argument with the
boyfriend about the state of things, and whether or not we should stay together. I
ended up losing my positive attitude and I started to get upset, feeling despair,
grief, and anger at losing my "soul mate". I hoped the next day Lori would call,
because I believed she was still "working" for me, and that perhaps she was just
busy that night. She didn't call the next. Nor the day after. So it is Friday, and it
was Sunday that I saw her. I went online did a search on "psychic scams" and
every story I read sounded very similar to mine. Soulmates. Troubled past. A
mysterious evil that will keep you from ever being happy. And a large fee for a
candle that had to be ritualistically burned. And secrets. Because if you tell
anyone, they might clue you in that this is all a scam. I am no longer convinced that
my boyfriend is my soul mate, and will not despair if we break up. i won't supsect
my roommate of wishing me harm. And I don't care who knows about the candle,
the rituals or any of that stuff. In fact, please publish this so that anyone doing a
search on this particular scam artist will be prevented from losing not only some
money, but their friends, their confidence, and their faith in themselves. And
shame on these people who truly prey on the hopeless, the desperate, the lonely,
and the trusting.
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