If there is a scam that could make you look more ridiculous than anybody, this is the one. Splitting up with your partner is never an easy thing – and those hurt would do anything to get the loved one back.

That’s when several people rely on black magic or on psychics who claim they will bring the partner back. There are tons of psychics advertising their “services” online by promising that your lover will be back within days. Down and vulnerable, victims pay hundreds of dollars to scammers who are supposed to perform black magic or read the future.

If the scammers feel there is more room to rip off the victims, they will continuously ask for money, just to “warn off all the evil spirits and bad energies” in the future.

How to avoid: when a relationship has ended you are in a very vulnerable situation and very liable to make wrong decisions. Give yourself time to get over it and don’t get into the hands of these people. They just make a fool of you.

The astrologer case (or numerologist) is just a classier version of the same scam. You might ask him or her if you can do business with a specific company or person, while the scammer will tell you that the astrological arrangement of the person you wonder about is either negative or positive (or, in the numerologist’s case, he’ll tell you that in the future you have to get rid of specific numbers).

How to avoid: ignore all the online offers for psychic, astrology, or numerology services. Do it for fun only if is free or is a couple of bucks at a carnival – not online.