The Chinese spend millions to summon the spirits of dead dogs (6 photos)

The owners, heartbroken by the death of their dog, are ready to do anything. And in China, the whole culture says that you can send gifts to the afterlife and even write letters. And these two facts came together to create a million-dollar fraudulent scheme.





You understand, China's thousand-year history has prepared a rich field for millions of scammers.

How can an animal talk!?



The pet market has been booming in China in recent years

Chinese psychics who can see the spirits of pets have introduced a new service. They help people communicate with their deceased pets and find out if they have reincarnated. Most often, for an additional fee, you can buy a dream in which your pet will come to you and tell you everything itself. This service costs 128 yuan - for this amount, you can ask the summoned spirit of a dog or cat five questions. And for 2999 yuan, an unlimited number of questions for six months.





A cute urn for pet ashes, these are popular in China

Have you ever thought about communicating with a dead dog by subscription? Well, in China they thought about it and earned themselves a comfortable life. You can find out whether your pet has been reborn for 899-1899 yuan, depending on the circumstances. It would seem that you are buying to have sweet lies told in your ears. No one can prove whether all these answers are lies or not. (Although the question of how a psychic learned to understand dog language in order to talk to a dog torments me).



The number of such photos can tell you whether the owner will pay for communication with the dog's spirit

But the fraud is that psychics have become so brazen that they simply block people who ask questions frequently on social networks or exclude them from the service's chat. They sell subscriptions, but they are too lazy to answer questions about how the dog is doing in the afterlife. A girl named Anran said that she really missed her beagle, which she raised for 15 years. She wrote about how she missed Tsitsi on social networks. Where she was found by a person who offered to join a chat that would help her communicate with the dog again. The mailing went something like this:

"Sister, don't be sad. They only lost their bodies; their souls are immortal and can reincarnate. I created a chat for people who lost their "furry babies". If you believe in reincarnation, you can join our group."



Think like a dog to answer like a dog

There are usually several such groups, they are filled with up to 400 people, so as not to overload and control "riots". Each group is led by one "psychic", collecting 128 yuan for several questions. But even for four questions, people wait in lines for days, so many people want to. But eventually, the girl Anran discovered that the answers she received about her dog were based on content she had previously shared on social media. But she still bought the unlimited plan for 899 yuan! She was told that she had to pray every day until her dog appeared in her dreams.



Very high-quality pocket dogs themselves cost hundreds of thousands in China

When the dream still didn't come for a month, Anran was told that her prayers were not sincere and her faith was weak. Sounds like some kind of dog cult where you are also shamed for your weak faith. The girl was eventually banned for asking too many questions. Overall, judging by the scale, this is a business with zero operating costs, it can even be entrusted to a chat with AI. But this won't work here, in China, belief in the afterlife and communication with the spirits of the dead is widespread.