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The Greatest Scam Ever Written | 2. Psychic to the Stars

2024/8/8
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Smoke Screen: The Greatest Scam Ever Written
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Rachel Brown：对Maria Duval早期经历的质疑，以及对网络上现有信息真伪的辨别。探究Maria Duval在骗局中的真实角色。 Chrissy：作为受害者家属，她保留了母亲遗留的资料，以备将来调查Maria Duval的骗局。 Antoine Palfroy：讲述了母亲Maria Duval的通灵能力、早年经历、与法国精英人士的交往，以及与瑞士商人签订合同的经过。强调母亲在骗局中是被利用的一方，并对受害者表示同情，但认为母亲不应承担全部责任。同时，也表达了对母亲声誉受损的惋惜以及对那些试图利用母亲病情谋取利益的人的愤怒。 Rachel Brown：对Maria Duval早期经历的质疑，以及对网络上现有信息真伪的辨别。探究Maria Duval在骗局中的真实角色。 Chrissy：作为受害者家属，她保留了母亲遗留的资料，以备将来调查Maria Duval的骗局。 Antoine Palfroy：讲述了母亲Maria Duval的通灵能力、早年经历、与法国精英人士的交往，以及与瑞士商人签订合同的经过。强调母亲在骗局中是被利用的一方，并对受害者表示同情，但认为母亲不应承担全部责任。同时，也表达了对母亲声誉受损的惋惜以及对那些试图利用母亲病情谋取利益的人的愤怒。 Rachel Brown：对Maria Duval早期经历的质疑，以及对网络上现有信息真伪的辨别。探究Maria Duval在骗局中的真实角色。 Chrissy：作为受害者家属，她保留了母亲遗留的资料，以备将来调查Maria Duval的骗局。 Antoine Palfroy：讲述了母亲Maria Duval的通灵能力、早年经历、与法国精英人士的交往，以及与瑞士商人签订合同的经过。强调母亲在骗局中是被利用的一方，并对受害者表示同情，但认为母亲不应承担全部责任。同时，也表达了对母亲声誉受损的惋惜以及对那些试图利用母亲病情谋取利益的人的愤怒。

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Maria Duval, a clairvoyant with a gift for seeing the future, gained fame by helping locate missing people and working with the French elite. Her life took a dramatic turn when she was approached by businessmen who wanted to use her name for a massive scam.

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Who was Maria Duval? Her son says she had a gift, an ability to see people’s futures. She helped locate missing people and worked with the French elite, befriending Jacques Chirac and Brigitte Bardot. In the late 80s, when two businessmen approached Maria Duval with a life-changing deal, her name becomes synonymous with one of the greatest scams ever written. 

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