A medium has called in police after claiming a fraudster impersonated her in a bid to dupe customers out of cash.
Maureen Smith has been earning a living talking to the dead for 30 years and was shocked to discover a scam artist trying to con her clients out of £10 each for “online readings”.
The grandmother-of-nine said one of her customers came close to handing over their bank details but smelled a rat before blocking the culprit.
The dead giveaway for Maureen, 71, of Fyvie, was when her own husband Raymond, 64, received a message inviting him to pay £10 for a chat with his own wife.
More than 6,500 people “follow” Maureen’s Facebook page – a following she has built up over three decades of doing one-on-one clairvoyant readings and hosting popular medium events across the North-east.
“It is a bit scary that someone has impersonated me and wants to use the reputation that I have built up in an attempt to scam people.
It remains a mystery who was responsible for this – but I have my eye out for any future scams.”. »