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Maria Duval is a pseudonym of Carolina Maria Gambia (Milan, 1938). She has a son Antoine Palfroy who is married to Dominique Crosseti. She has three girls, Morgan, Isaure and Solène. Maria Duval was the owner of Astroforce until it was sold in 1997 to Health Tips Ltd in Hong Kong (now Harmonie Ltd). Then she became President of the Institute for Parapsychological Research in Callas, a small town near Nice.〔Australian Broadcasting Corporation, (Paul Van Buitenen )〕 Astroforce has since then been acting as Maria Duval, with her consent and knowledge . They use her name for a well-known worldwide scam.〔Consumer NZ, (Maria Duval scam )〕 Astroforce also sells its mailing list to direct marketing companies. Since selling Astroforce, she started working in conjunction with Destiny Research Center. This company, much like Astroforce, uses her with her approval and knowledge to scam people. ==Method of operation== These companies place advertisements in newspapers, magazines or sometimes will send personalized "mass produced" mail. People who reply will receive more letters which are addressed personally to them. These letters are also mass-produced. Each letter claims to be sent by Maria Duval and will offer some sort of help in return for money. The letter will make unverified claims like: * making accurate & verifiable predictions for the past 23 years in at least 2,400 TV shows and 8,400 radio broadcasts * her achievements have been featured in over 700 newspaper articles * predicting the rate of the dollar and the Stock Market Index and major newspaper headlines * regularly working with doctors and the police * telepathically located more than 20 missing persons * having celebrities come from all over the world to consult her None of these claims have been verified. Complaints about these claims were upheld in the UK.〔Advertising Standards Authority, , (t/a = trading as)〕 The letter then continues for about 8 to 10 pages. Duval claims she has telepathically received an important and urgent message, specially for the recipient of the letter. A special constellation of the stars (or something like that) means that an important time period has begun in the life of the recipient. The most important wishes of the recipient can become reality now, but only with the assistance of Maria Duval. This assistance amounts to an item which Duval will send to the recipient and rituals she will perform, specially for the recipient. The item could be a 'Vibrating Crystal' which is supposed to function as a telepathic connection, a pentagram to put under the pillow of the recipient, a mascot, an amulet or talisman, a book with occult secrets or a secret manual to charge up the spirit with magnetic vibrations. Often the recipient has to perform some rituals as well, at the same moment when Duval performs her rituals. These services usually costs about 100 USD, but in this "special case" the recipient gets a discount and only has to pay about half the normal price. These letters seem to be written by professional marketeers using several well-known marketing methods. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maria Duval」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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