Maria Duval (born as Maria Carolina Gamba) [2] was the woman at the origin of the Maria Duval psychic scam. Claiming to have psychic powers, she gained some fame before her name became associated with a vast and sophisticated mail scam.

The Maria Duval scam is one of the most successful mail scams in history, having defrauded millions of people out of at least $200 million over twenty years. Targeting sick and elderly people through a combination of personalized letters and personal information databases, it has been shut down in the United States in 2016, but is still ongoing ...

2018年7月26日 · After two years investigating one of the longest-running mail frauds in history, we finally met the woman on the letters: the French psychic Maria Duval.

2016年2月24日 · But somehow, it has raged on for decades. It all centers around a mysterious French psychic named Maria Duval. In letters, interviews and Internet videos seen around the globe, Duval says she...

2016年2月24日 · The scam is remarkably simple: people receive letters promising them that psychic guidance and talismans from the French clairvoyant Maria Duval are the secret to turning their lives around....

2016年5月9日 · The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered a consent decree on Friday that permanently barred eight individuals and entities from operating an alleged international multi-million dollar mail-fraud scheme in the name of alleged psychics Maria Duval and Patrick Guerin.

2024年4月15日 · The letters falsely purported to be individualized, personal communications from well-known so-called “psychics” Maria Duval and Patrick Guerin and promised that the recipient had the opportunity to achieve great wealth and happiness with the assistance of the “psychics” in exchange for payment of a fee.

2018年7月26日 · Maria Duval's face and name were at the center of one of the longest-running mail scams in history. Now, after years of reporting, CNN investigative reporters Blake Ellis...

2016年5月9日 · The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York entered a consent decree today that permanently barred eight individuals and entities from operating an alleged international multi-million dollar mail-fraud scheme in the name of alleged psychics Maria Duval and Patrick Guerin.

2019年3月7日 · After two years investigating one of history’s longest-running frauds, CNN’s Blake Ellis and Melanie Hicken finally met its central figure: psychic Maria Duval. What did she have to say? The...