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How to spot fake spell casters and protect yourself from fraud
You find their website after midnight, when the loneliness feels unbearable and you are desperate for help. The testimonials look amazing—”He came back in 48 hours!” “She is a miracle worker!” The prices seem reasonable. The spell caster sounds confident and knowledgeable. You send the payment, hopeful and excited.
Weeks pass. Nothing happens. You reach out for an update. “The spell needs to be strengthened—send another $300.” You hesitate but comply, desperate for results. More weeks pass. Still nothing. Another request for money. “There is a spiritual blockage we did not account for—$500 more will handle it.”
By the time you realize you have been scammed, you have spent thousands of dollars and received absolutely nothing except empty promises, excuses, and a broken heart.
This scenario plays out hundreds of times every single day. The online spiritual services industry is flooded with frauds, scammers, and well-meaning amateurs who lack any real ability to help you. According to consumer protection agencies, spell casting and psychic services generate thousands of fraud complaints annually, with victims losing an average of $2,000 to $10,000 per scam—and that is just what gets reported.
An estimated 90% or more of people advertising spell casting services online are either complete frauds or lack genuine spiritual power. This article will teach you how to identify the 10% who are legitimate and, more importantly, how to protect yourself from the 90% who will waste your money and exploit your vulnerability.
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Before we get into specific warning signs, you need to understand why spell casting scams are so common and so successful.
Several factors combine to make this industry particularly vulnerable to exploitation:
The result? An industry that generates an estimated $500 million annually in fraudulent charges, with thousands of new victims every month.
Sarah (not her real name) spent $8,300 over four months with an online “spell caster” who promised to bring back her ex. She sent money five different times for “additional work needed” and “unexpected spiritual obstacles.” The spell caster kept her hopeful with vague updates and excuses. When Sarah finally demanded proof or a refund, the website disappeared overnight, the email stopped working, and the phone number was disconnected. She lost everything and her ex never came back.
I’ll walk you through the scams people run most often, so you can recognize them the moment they show up.
How it works: You pay for a spell. After a few weeks with no results, the scammer says the spell “needs to be strengthened” or there is an “unexpected spiritual obstacle” requiring more money. This continues indefinitely—each payment triggers another excuse and another request for money.
Red flag language: “The spirits are telling me we need to do additional work,” “There is a powerful curse blocking the spell,” “Your ex has protection we did not anticipate.”
Reality: Legitimate practitioners assess situations upfront and quote complete costs. They do not discover “surprises” that conveniently require more money after you have already paid.
How it works: The scammer sells you spell work, then insists you must purchase special “blessed” or “charged” materials from them at inflated prices—candles for $100 each, crystals for $500, oils for $200, etc.
Red flag language: “This spell requires specially blessed candles I’ve prepared,” “You must use my charged crystals or it won’t work,” “These materials are blessed by my ancestors and only I have access to them.”
Reality: While specific materials are used in spell work, legitimate practitioners either include material costs in their quoted price or use standard items that do not cost hundreds of dollars. Materials alone have no power—the practitioner’s ability is what matters.
How it works: The scammer performs a “free reading” and dramatically reveals that you have a powerful curse on you (you do not). They insist this curse must be removed before any love spell will work—for a large fee, of course.
Red flag language: “I sense a very dark energy around you,” “Someone has placed a powerful curse on your love life,” “This curse is why nothing is working for you,” “I’ve never seen such dark magic—this will be expensive to remove.”
Reality: Real curses are extremely rare. This is one of the oldest scams in the book, preying on fear and superstition. Legitimate practitioners do not invent problems to solve.
How it works: The scammer guarantees 100% success, promises results in 24-48 hours, or claims they have never had a spell fail. When it inevitably does not work, they blame you or find excuses.
Red flag language: “100% guaranteed to work or your money back,” “Results in 24 hours or it’s free,” “I have a 100% success rate,” “This spell has never failed in 20 years.”
Reality: Legitimate spiritual work involves variables beyond anyone’s control. Real practitioners are honest about this and never guarantee outcomes. If someone promises certainty in uncertain matters, they are lying.
How it works: You call a “psychic” or “spell caster” hotline charging $5-$15 per minute. They keep you on the phone as long as possible with vague statements, cold reading techniques, and lengthy “rituals” that require you to stay on the line.
Red flag language: “Hold on, I’m getting something… (long silence),” “The spirits are showing me… (rambling),” “We need to do a cleansing right now over the phone—this will take about 30 minutes.”
Reality: Professional spiritual work is not conducted through per-minute phone charges. This is a business model designed to extract maximum money for minimum service.
How it works: The scammer’s website features dozens of glowing testimonials, often with stock photos passed off as real clients. These testimonials are either completely fabricated or purchased from content farms.
Red flag signs: All testimonials are overly positive with no specific details, photos look like stock images, no verifiable names or locations, testimonials appeared all at once rather than over time.
Reality: Legitimate practitioners have real testimonials that include specific details and realistic language. If every testimonial reads like an advertisement, they are fake.
How it works: The scammer creates false urgency—”I can sense your ex is about to commit to someone else,” “There is a narrow window closing soon,” “If we don’t act in the next 24 hours, it will be too late.”
Red flag language: “This is urgent—I need payment today,” “The planetary alignment is perfect right now but only for 48 hours,” “I can sense he is slipping away—we must act immediately.”
Reality: While timing does matter in spiritual work, legitimate practitioners do not use high-pressure sales tactics. They give you time to think and decide without false urgency.
If someone exhibits even two of these scam patterns, walk away immediately. If they show three or more, you are absolutely dealing with a fraud. Do not give them your money, do not give them another chance, and do not believe their explanations. Just leave.
Now let us get specific. These are the warning signs that should make you immediately suspicious:
If you see even TWO of these red flags, proceed with extreme caution. If you see three or more, do not give this person any money.
Now here’s what you should actually be paying attention to when you’re looking for real help.
A legitimate practitioner will have MOST or ALL of these qualities. If someone has the red flags instead of these green flags, keep looking.
I offer honest consultation before any payment is required. I will assess your situation, tell you if I can help, explain my approach, and provide complete cost information upfront. If I cannot help you, I will tell you that too. I do not take money from cases I cannot genuinely assist.
WhatsApp +256742770053Before you pay anyone for spiritual work, ask these questions and pay close attention to how they answer:
Good answer: Specific details about their training, who taught them, how long they studied, what tradition they learned.
Bad answer: Vague statements like “I taught myself” or “I was born with gifts” without any training details, or “I learned from books and the internet.”
Good answer: Names their teacher/elder, explains the relationship, describes the training process.
Bad answer: Cannot or will not name their teacher, or claims they are “self-taught” or learned everything intuitively.
Good answer: Specific tradition they practice (African Traditional Religion, Hoodoo, Brujeria, European folk magic, etc.) and their authentic connection to it.
Bad answer: Generic “universal spirituality” or “I practice all traditions” or cannot name a specific tradition.
Good answer: Specific number of years with details about their practice.
Bad answer: Extremely vague, or claims impossibly long experience for their age, or just started but claims expertise.
Good answer: Realistic percentage (60-80% range) with explanation of what affects success.
Bad answer: Claims 95-100% success rate, or refuses to answer, or blames failures entirely on clients.
Good answer: Explains their policy clearly—partial refund, additional work, or honest explanation of why it did not work.
Bad answer: Defensive response, immediate blame on you, or “that never happens.”
Good answer: Complete cost breakdown with no hidden fees or surprise charges later.
Bad answer: Vague “it depends” without specifics, or initial low price with many “additional costs” mentioned.
Good answer: Willing to provide references, has verifiable online presence, real identity can be confirmed.
Bad answer: Refuses to provide any verification, claims “privacy” prevents all verification, uses obviously fake names.
Good answer: Clear policy explained upfront, reasonable and fair.
Bad answer: “All sales final” with no exceptions, or “100% money back guarantee” that has impossible conditions buried in fine print.
Good answer: Clear communication plan, regular updates, multiple contact methods, responsive to questions.
Bad answer: Hard to reach, only responds when asking for money, vague about communication, disappears for weeks.
Pay attention not just to what they answer, but how they answer. Legitimate practitioners respond confidently and specifically. Frauds rely on vague, defensive, or evasive replies. Trust your instincts. If their answers make you uncomfortable, walk away.
Do not just take their word for it. Here is how to actually verify if someone is legitimate:
Go to Google Images and upload their profile photo or drag it into the search bar. If the image appears on stock photo sites or belongs to someone else, you have caught them in a fraud.
Look at when their website was created (use whois.com), how long they have been on social media, and if their presence is consistent over time. Scammers often have very new websites and accounts that appear suddenly.
Search their name plus “scam” or “complaint” or “review.” Check sites like Ripoff Report, Better Business Bureau, and consumer complaint forums. Even one detailed scam report should be taken seriously.
If they claim to practice a specific tradition, do basic research on that tradition. Do their practices align with what that tradition actually does? Or are they just using cultural terms without understanding them?
Real testimonials include specific details, realistic language, and verify-able elements. Fake testimonials are overly enthusiastic, vague, generic, and often use obvious stock photos. Reverse image search testimonial photos too.
Legitimate businesses use standard payment processors (PayPal, Stripe, bank transfers, credit cards). They do not demand only cryptocurrency, gift cards, wire transfers, or other untraceable methods. If they only accept untraceable payments, that is a massive red flag.
Ask them specific questions about their tradition or practice. Real practitioners can explain their methods in detail. Frauds cannot and will either get defensive or give vague non-answers.
One of the most confusing aspects for people is determining what spiritual work should actually cost. Let me break this down clearly:
Under $50 for “powerful love spells”
This is always a scam. Real spiritual work requires time, energy, expertise, and materials. Anyone charging $25 or $30 for “guaranteed powerful spells” is either doing nothing or mass-producing fake rituals with no real power. You are paying for a performance, not actual spiritual work.
What you actually get: Nothing. Or maybe a generic email with instructions you could have found free online. No real spiritual work happens for these prices.
Over $5,000 for basic spell work
Unless there is extensive justification (months of work, rare materials, extraordinary circumstances), prices above $5,000 are usually exploitative. Scammers take advantage of desperate people by charging whatever they think the victim can afford or borrow.
Red flag pattern: Price keeps increasing as the scammer learns more about your financial situation. “Well, since this is so important to you and you’ve already invested so much…”
$150 – $500: Standard love spell work, single session, basic to moderate complexity
$500 – $1,000: Complex situations, multiple sessions, significant obstacles to address
$1,000 – $2,000: Very complex cases requiring extensive work over weeks or months
$2,000+: Only justified for extremely complex situations requiring months of sustained work
Be extremely wary if the price keeps increasing after you have already paid. “I need to do additional work” or “I discovered unexpected obstacles” that conveniently require more money is the number one scam pattern. Legitimate practitioners quote complete costs upfront and honor those quotes.
Here’s what working with a legitimate spiritual practitioner really involves, so there are no surprises.
A real practitioner starts with consultation to assess if they can help:
Once you decide to proceed:
Throughout the process:
As results begin manifesting:
Legitimate practitioners do NOT:
Here are specific actions you can take to protect yourself from scams:
If red flags appear after you have already paid:
You have read all the warning signs and protective measures. Now here is a simple framework for making your final decision:
Hire them if they:
Hire them if they:
In these cases: Ask more questions, do extra research, start with smaller work to test their legitimacy.
Do not hire them if they:
Your intuition is often your best protection. If something feels off, if you feel uncomfortable, if little details do not add up, listen to that feeling. It is better to walk away from someone legitimate than to give money to a scammer. Trust takes time to build, and that is okay.