Have you ever heard of Maria Duval?

I haven't until this article on Cnn.

It's one of the world's longest-running cons. Hundreds of millions of dollars stolen from some of the world's most vulnerable people -- the sick, the elderly and the poor -- who all thought they had found a savior in a mysterious woman named Maria Duval.

It has claimed more than 60 times the number of victims of Madoff's Ponzi scheme. With millions of people affected from the United States to Japan, federal investigators say it would be hard to find another case of consumer fraud that has hurt more people.

Since the alleged mail fraud started around 20 years ago, a laundry list of government agencies across the globe -- including the U.S. Department of Justice, British authorities, Canadian fraud investigators and Australian consumer protection officials -- have attempted to put an end to the scheme.

But somehow, it has raged on for decades.

http://money.cnn.com/2016...index.html

I just read this too. I hadn't heard of her either. I am curious to see what else CNN found out though.

I've heard about this before and I just saw it again on CNN. I do feel bad for the people that have been bilked out of their money, but in reality, some people are such suckers. They will believe anything and give people every cent they own. People need to wisen up.

Never heard of her but I hope they find her. According to wikipedia, her real name is Carolina Maria Gambia, who would now be 77 or 78 years old and was born in Milan.

Chapter 5:

http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/30/news/psychic-maria-duval-chapter-five/index.html

but how can all these people fall for her scam? u would think after a few ..word would get out