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Weekend Roundup 12-01-2008

A few things to keep you busy over the weekend…

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  1. Swami Swindler Update
    Swami Swindler Update
    WOODBRIDGE — Local Hindus claiming they gave bales of cash to a swami offering good luck and lottery wins say they were lured by ancient religious beliefs, superstitions and fears of black magic.

    But after paying between $2,000 to $160,000 to burn prayer packets and notes written in Irdu, they now say the missing holy man was just a clever huckster who used tricks, sleight-of-hand and warnings of bad luck if they disobeyed.

    As Peel Regional Police try to find Mohammad “Brother Roshan” Zameer, central fraud bureau Det. Mike McDougall yesterday said he has a list of more than a dozen people who allege big losses.

    When they did not win their predicted mega-million Lotto 6/49 bonanzas, they discovered they were not alone after meeting in front of the Mississauga home Zameer vacated after Christmas.

    “If this guy has some sort of power, we didn’t want to get any curses,” a law student, who didn’t want to be identified, said.

    Like others who heard 530 AM Punjabi Lehran radio shows last year, on which Zameer offered fee-less prayers and guidance, the student, his engineer dad and mom, started visiting.

    They said they watched in awe as their names were enlarged on paper heated on a hot plate, then as apparent lottery tickets emerged from boiled eggs. Each time, “Brother Roshan” softly and with many smiles intoned prayers, the son said.

    “I knew magic was done on television with trick cameras, but I saw it with my own eyes,” he said at the home of local businessman Paramjit Bhullar, who said he lost $105,000.

    After several visits, they paid Zameer $40,000.

    An almost identical story was related by a car mechanic who owns his own business. “I lost $160,000,” the married father whispered sheepishly, admitting with annual earnings of $40,000 to $50,000, “my future is lost.”

    Calls to Zameer’s associates and the radio program host identified by Bhullar were not returned.
    http://www.etreasurespublishing.com/Paul-Collins/everymans-way.htm

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