The Maria Duval Psychic Scam

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https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2018/07/investigates/maria-duval-psychic-scam-invs/index.html

I thought that this story might be an appropriate topic for this forum, and I wanted to share it with your readers.

This was posted in a topic about something entirely else. I found it interesting because several years ago I received printed letters in my mail with amazing promises from this entity. At that time I could not find background information so easily. In addition to the article linked to in the quote, see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Duval
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Duval_scam
https://www.fraud-magazine.com/article.aspx?id=4295004200
https://www.amazon.com/Deal-Devil-Twisted-Biggest-History/dp/1501163841/
https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/perspective/looking-for-maria-duval/
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/psychic_scams_MariaDuval.php
https://nypost.com/2018/08/25/how-a-psychic-bilked-250m-with-a-simple-mail-scam/
https://fox2now.com/2018/08/07/maria-duval-how-a-massive-psychic-fraud-gained-its-power/
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/03/07/world/maria-duval-scam-criminal-action-invs/index.html

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