Do Xara's spells work?

Many of these spell sites such as Xara's draw people in by offering to cast spells for " free ". In fact when you actually start talking to them about doing a spell for you you will find that there are suddenly charges, and frequently large charges, for the materials they are going to use.

The next trick is that they will then come back to you and tell you that the spell didn't work because of some problem (frequently they claim they found you were cursed in some way) and they need to cast another spell with more charges in order to make the first one work. This will continue until either the one requesting the spell wises up or they run out of money.

Yes, there are legitimate spellcasters out there. I have yet to meet one who has some sort of website that promises wonderful things. If they are honest they will tell you that not every spell works and they will be honest up front with what they can legitimately promise and what it will cost.

Do be aware too that sometimes you will see wonderful claims for how well their spells work posted on message boards such as Spells of Magic. Often such posts are made by the spellcaster in question, or by someone they are paying to shill for them.