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Psychic hotlines dragged out calls purely for money

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Those heavily advertised late-night mediums had zero supernatural abilities but possessed an incredible talent for speaking very, very slowly. Because they charged by the minute, their entire mystical strategy was simply making you wait as long as possible before delivering a generic, vague prediction.

Psychic hotlines dragged out calls purely for money
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