The grift-speak name for a person that runs a psychic game is 'Reader'. And it ain't about Tarot cards. They are the profilers of the grift world. A reader learns more about where a mark's buttons are with a single side-long glance than most people will ever figure out about him. Certainly more than the mark does, anyway. Some of those tales: See Fortune Teller for more "legitimate" psychics, and Not So Phony Psychic for legitimate psychics who think they're phony. No Real Life Examples, Please. Examples of Phony Psychic include: