Injunction Issued Vs. Psychic Group The Associated Press Saturday, January 26, 2002; 7:44 PM

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. –– A judge has ordered the marketers behind television psychic Miss Cleo to stop calling customers who have asked not to be contacted and stop pressuring people to pay for calls they are disputing.

Cambria County Judge Gerard Long signed a preliminary injunction last week against Psychic Readers Network and its in-house billing agent, Access Resource Services, according to the Pennsylvania attorney general's office. A message left Friday with Access Resource was not returned.

The state filed a lawsuit in November accusing the companies, based in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., of violating the state's Telemarketing Registration Act and other laws.

"This is a way to help the consumers until we're finished in the lawsuit," said Barbara Petito, spokeswoman for the attorney general's office.

The lawsuit said customers were charged up to $4.99 per minute for psychic telephone readings advertised as free. Residents who filed complaints with the state said they were charged between $29 and $700, according to the suit.

Speaking with a Caribbean accent, Miss Cleo appears in national television commercials promising insights into love, money and other personal matters.

Petito said the companies have agreed to the injunction.

-- Anonymous, January 27, 2002

Answers

I guess I am at a loss to those that would PAY to stay on hold, or even think of paying the price for those calls. I am the LAST one to throw a stone here, but it is the "Miss Cleo's" that give the true sensitives a bad rap. the really good ones, work in the background, and by word of mouth. PLus they DO NOT ask for $ to help you or to remove a spell.

They also give the credit and Glory to the Higher Power, from which it comes. Just my .02

-- Anonymous, January 27, 2002

the calls are advertised as free. being on hold isn't considered part of the call by most. After all, you're not getting anything from being on hold.

But they are.

-- Anonymous, January 28, 2002