Can fortune tellers lie? _ The fortune teller lied to you.

Legal analysis: Whether fortune telling belongs to fraud should be judged by comprehensive elements of fraud. If you defraud property by fraudulent means, it is fraud. Fraud refers to the act of defrauding a large amount of public or private property by fabricating facts or concealing the truth for the purpose of illegal possession.

Legal basis: Article 266 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), whoever defrauds public or private property in a relatively large amount shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention or public surveillance, and shall also or only be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated. Where there are other provisions in this Law, such provisions shall prevail.