A resident contacted Leader after “World Famous Indian Generations Astrologer” Pandith Ganapath Raj asked her to pay him $1500 to lift a curse that would “destroy her life”.
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The woman, who declined to be named, said two members of her family had recently died, so she had visited the astrologer seeking guidance.
“He said to me, ‘Sister I pay rent too; I have bills too’,” she said.
“We all do, but $1500? I laughed, ‘Are you for real?’ “
The Leader sent two undercover reporters to the business which operates in the back office of a Lonsdale St shop.
At least two men, each posing as Pandith Ganapath Raj, operate the business, which offers a “100 per cent guarantee”.
One reporter was told the planets surrounding her were angry and, for a fee of $450, the Pandith and his grandfather in India would pray for nine days and solve her problems.
She was warned she would have health risks and complications in her marriage and job if she did not pay.
Two days later, a second reporter was told he had black magic that could be removed for $550.
The men declined to comment when contacted by Leader.
However, one said he had been in the store for only 10 days and that the reporter was his first customer.
Consumer Affairs Victoria spokeswoman Kim Healey said people who used occult services should be “highly sceptical of any trader who will profit if they can scare them into believing bad fortune is inevitable unless they give them money”.
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