Fake 'Spiritual Healer' on Instagram demands money for rituals or jinn appeasement
Fake social media profiles pose as spiritual healers targeting people with family or relationship problems. Money is demanded in instalments for rituals, pooja materials, and 'jinn appeasement' that never resolve anything.
Also known as: spiritual healer scam, tantrik baba online fraud, jinn cure scam, online black magic fraud, powerful obsession healer scam
Already happened to you? Do this in the next few minutes
Call 1930 now- 1 Call 1930 — the national cyber-crime helpline — right now. The sooner you report, the better the chance of freezing the money before it moves.
- 2 Call your bank to freeze the account and block the card immediately. Use the number printed on your card, never a number from the message or caller.
- 3 File a report at cybercrime.gov.in and keep every message, screenshot, and transaction ID.
What to do right now
- 1 Stop payments immediately — no ritual or spiritual remedy can ever be verified online, and every demand for more money is the scam continuing
- 2 Do not share personal information (Aadhaar, PAN, family details, financial situation) with anyone you met on social media offering spiritual solutions
- 3 Reverse any UPI payments made within the last 24 hours by calling your bank's fraud line
- 4 Report the social media profile to Instagram or Facebook using the in-app report function
- 5 Report at https://cybercrime.gov.in or call 1930 (national cyber helpline).
Red flags
- ⚠ Profile you found on Instagram or Facebook has polished testimonials but no verifiable identity
- ⚠ Healer claims to fix love affairs, marriages, or family disputes through rituals — for a fee
- ⚠ First payment is small; each ritual or 'session' leads to another payment demand
- ⚠ Jinn or spirit is described as becoming 'angry' when you hesitate, requiring extra appeasement
- ⚠ Scammer uses a female-sounding profile name but communication switches to WhatsApp immediately
- ⚠ Payments never end — each instalment is framed as the last, then a new obstacle appears
Sources
- IANS / Prokerala — Delhi cyber fraudsters held for running pan-India spiritual healing scam (May 2026)
- The Tribune — Two Rajasthan youths held for nationwide spiritual healing scam using black magic ploy
- The420.in — New Social Engineering Scam: Jinn Healing Used to Defraud Mumbai Woman of Lakhs
- Bilkul Online — Mumbai woman duped of Rs 15.93 lakh in Jinn-Tantric cure cyber fraud