maria duval

[trac]

i am also angry about this fraud she got me for about 240.00.i mailed the products back and never have gotten refunded my money. if anyone learns of a way to retreive my money please let me know. thank you so much

[Pompom]

I also have been scammed from Maria Duval I sent letters asking for my money back and she never answers them. I spent close to 135.00 before I caught on your lucky if you get anything but more letters requesting more money. I think she seems the same letters to everyone I wish we could put her out of business. If theri is anything I can do please advise.

[devonjoye]

Hello my name is Devon I read in a magazine about a parapsychology center and replied to it, it told me that I would recieve lump sums of money if I follow there directions. Then they gave me a bunch of giberish about stars and planets and how they have an impact on my luck. Then it said that I could get a calendar made from the world renowed Maria Duvall. She wanted money for the calendar. I sent in the information from the magazine because I had no money and I needed some. Not the other way around. I have children and sometimes we have no food to eat and everyother week my landlords trying to kick us out. So I told her this and stated if I could win money enough for a house for my children that would help. She sent me more stuff mostly to do with me sending money. Her address is Maria Duval 55 Madison Avenue, Suite 440 #4070 Morristown, NJ 07960-7348. She just sent me another letter today and believe me I was going to fall for it this time untill I found you through my searches. Believe me I am sorry I did find you because this means that me and my children will be stuck in this mess I am in. Unlike most people unfortunatly I can not work. So HARD WORK to get rich will not help me. I feel that I can't provide for them then why live Maria was my last chance believe it or not. Its a shame she has to be a fraud. Because we really needed her.

[Kelvin Parker]

Maria Duval and Patrick Guerin are clients of Direct Health Organization. Direct Health
Organization headquarters are in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They have also an office in
New York, USA.

Direct Health Organization started the business in Canada 1.1.1992. They use the post
box address 38 Auriga Drive, Suite 264 Nepean , ON K2E 8A5, Canada. Phone (514)
282-1464 and fax [phone]. The Principal is Patrice Runner. DHO is a mail-order
and catalog shoppping firm. The products of this company are usually weight loss
devices, personal wealth enhancement schemes, psychic advice or smoking cessation
devices. Direct Health Organization in Canada does business as United Research Centre
and possibly with other names too.

National Parapsychology Center has the same address in Canada as DHO, which is 38
Auriga Drive, Suite 264 Nepean , ON K2E 8A5, Canada. Type of business is shopping
services by mail order & catalog. This is not necessarily a complete list, but the firm
does business also as:

Marie Duvall
Columbus Health Center
Continental Research Center
Columbus Research Center
New Opportunities Publications
National Health Institute
Anne D'arques Psychic
Angel Inspirational Center
Lourdes Research Organization
Dr Bernard Kingston's Method

The USA office of Direct Health Organization started business 1.1.1993. Their address is
435 West 46th Street New York, NY 10036, USA. This may be a post pox too. Phones
[phone], [phone], fax [phone]. The DHO president is Patrice
Runner. DHO NY is a mail order and catalog shopping firm. The firm offers a number of
products through mail order, including astrological forecasts, weight loss remedies,
religious and devotional objects, and back pain treatments. The Direct Health
Organization in New York makes business under the following names. The list is not
necessarily complete.

American Heritage Society
American Winners Club
Angel Inspirational Center
Back Treatment Center
Bio Science Health & Beauty Center
BioScience Health & Beauty Center / Bio Science
Columbus Health Center
Direct Marketing Concept
Fatima Research
Guardian Angel
Kensington Court Jewelers
La Grande Dame
La Grande Mystique
Lourdes Research Organization
Maria Duval c/o National Parapsychology Center
National Parapsychology Center
New Opportunities Publication
North Stone Jewelers
Northstone Jewelers
Personalized Columbus Weight Loss Program
Seer Patrick Guerin
Solaris Ultimate Optics
United Research Center

This information pertaining to Direct Health Organization comes from the Better
Business Bureau files in USA and Canada. But it's most peculiar that I was unable to find
the firm Direct Health Organisation in the company registers in New York or Canada,
even considering that the Canada register files in internet may be based on voluntary
registration and thus uncomplete. The DHO just might be another fake business name!
Probably the other mentioned names will not be found either.

In the past, the DHO President Patrice Runner was repeatedly involved with diet scams in
USA and Canada. In the mid-1990s, Runner and a Daniel Sousse were involved with
various companies that paid large fines in the United States and Canada for selling bogus
diet products. A couple of examples should be enough.

1997 the firm 2943174 Canada, Inc. in Quebec, and its president Patrice Runner sold the
''Svelt-PATCH,'' a purported transdermal skin patch, through mail order in the U.S. They
used the name United Research Center, Inc. for that business. The Federal Trade
Commission in USA ordered United Research to pay $375,000 in consumer redress. The
FTC USA files say that 2943174 Canada Inc. is a Canadian corporation with its principal
office or place of business at 1414 Place Bonaventure, Montreal, Quebec, H5A 1H3. I
couldn't find 2943174 Canada Inc. in the company register of Canada.

2002 the investigative reporters for Canadian Television News found that the operators of
the 16 Point Macerat Weight-Loss Plan from Phytopharma are Patrice Runner and Daniel
Sousse. Phytopharma was a company registered in Panama.The product was made in
Florida. A company in New Jersey handled the advertising. The orders were processed in
New Brunswick and shipped out of Toronto and New York. The money went in a bank in
Ireland. All this revolved around the firm Infogest in Montreal and Daniel Sousse and
Patrice Runner. Ron Reinhold is a private detective who has investigated many health
frauds for the Canadian Department of Health. He suspects that Daniel Sousse and
Patrice Runner are also responsible for at least seven scam diet-pill frauds: Algoxyll,
PhytoLab HCA; Naturlab Apple Cider Vinegar Capsules; Boreal Health and Beauty;
Hollywood Weekend Turbo Diet; Genesis Health PhytoTrim; and American Orchards
Apple Cider Vinegar Capsules.

The firm Infogest in USA has changed its name to Transaction Smartware, Inc. I believe
that they are the real USA agent of the Maria Duval business. Their address is 65 WEST
83RD ST NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10024-5237. The Chairman or Chief Executive
Officer is Niels Christensen. A couple of years ago in the very same office, alongside
Infogest, resided also the firm Astroforce Inc. whose chief was Albert Koetsheid from
Astroforce Benelux B.V. in Roosendahl Holland. Albert Koetsheid is a well known name
in the Maria Duval business! I didn't find Infogest or Transaction smartware in the
Canadian company register.

In this case Transaction Smartware, alias this and that, is just a service provider to Health
Tips. Health Tips is the THE FIRM in the Maria Duval business. They have service
providers (lettershops, data entry, customer service, check & credit card processors) in 6
different countries, Australia, USA, United Kingdom, Canada, France and Hong Kong.
Justin Parkes is the Marketing Director of Health Tips. Health tips uses a highly efficient
and automated marketing and selling system. Once you reply to a Maria Duval advert,
you are put on an automatic series of offers, and every now and then or so you get one
more of their bogus offers, automatically from their computers, no matter what you do!
They even repeate the same offers after a while! Every vendor has easy access to the
business database at any time, and Health Tips is able to monitor vendor activities in real-
time. They can set-up in an hour a new campaign where a chain of 15 adverts go out on
an automatically timed basis once a new prospect, like a new fake voyant name, comes
in. Repeat campaigns take 15 minutes to set-up.

I wish for a complete and quick crash of all this fraud business. Go and get all your
money back! Call the firms! Complain to the real federal and state authorities! Kick them awake

[Ron]

Hi my name is kris and my friend Ron has been had by maria duval for about 7 month now untill I came along and talked to him. He has been out of about $ 150.00 and got nothing in return but a bunch of jibber and white candles to blow out.
I am glad to have found your web site now I really can show him other folks that where scamed also . Keep up the good work and thank you.
Kris in Nash Oklahoma

[Kevin Harrington]

Kelvin Parker has certainly provided much information, and it confirms that there is much co-operation between the handful of companies behind the scams, and that the multitude of names are used to confuse the punter.

What we all must do is get the truth, about the industry, more widely known to the media. Anyone who has access to a newspaper or magazine editor, can spread the word to everyone else.

If you have been a victim, make sure that you get a claim in for a refund, and if you don't get satisfaction, make the world aware of it.

[Kris]

Guest-Ron said:

Hi my name is kris and my friend Ron has been had by maria duval for about 7 month now untill I came along and talked to him. He has been out of about $ 150.00 and got nothing in return but a bunch of jibber and white candles to blow out.
I am glad to have found your web site now I really can show him other folks that where scamed also . Keep up the good work and thank you.

[Amicus]

Thanks Kevin and all other for your information.

I to have been stung by this scam. I have sent four payments of $80-00NZ to these people and as others have found, got only mumbo jumbo, brass bracelets and chants. I returned all the articles sent and asked for my money back, which was gauranteed by these people at the time, If I was not satisfied.

I received two cheques for $80-00 and am stillout of pocket by $160-00.

Previously, the mail came from an address in Australia and now its coming from Singapore. This was from the postal marks. The return address for correspondence and payments here in New Zealand is: Maria Duval, Suite 280,^63 Remuera Road, New Market, Auckland, New Zealand. Off course this address does not exist and is only a postal box. It must be cleared by someone or is redirected by the company who owns the address. I have not been able, as of yet to find the people wholease the supposed address.

I am in the process of writing another letter (4th) to see if I can get the rest of my money back and will keep you advised.

Thanks for all the very interesting information on this group of people. I have also been receiving emails from a SARA FREDER and it is all the same thing that Maria Duval sends out. Always asking for money for information.

[one looker passing by]

Someone has collected maria duval information in
www.aerger-ev.de/wwwforum/messages/9254.html. Read the file and get your money directly fron the firms!

[L]

Thank you for your web-site Keith - its providing a great service.

I was very surprised/suspicious to receive a Singapore posted letter from an unknown clairvoyant at my address in New Zealand. Her letter requests $50 NZD to be the last person she predicts winning lottery numbers for!

The postal address is the letter box address given by "Amicus": Maria Duval, Suite 280,^63 Remuera Road, New Market, Auckland, New Zealand. I can confirm that this is just a post office box at the bottom of Remuera Road (near the plant nursery).

Thanks again.

[Mr P]

Maria Duval is useing the addrees 11064 Queens Blvd. #460, Forest Hills, NY 11375-6347 in th USA. I figgured her to be a Scam Artist. I'm glad the internet had info on her befor i sent her my personal information she asked for no money "NOW" for making 7 wishes come ture. Readers of "The Old Farmers Almanac" be warned.

[Kevin Harrington]

Here is a German website about the activities of Mme Duval:


www.gofeminin.de/forum/Loisirs5/__f1932_Loisirs5_
Brauche_Kritik_uber_Maria_Duval_.html&prev=/search%
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26num%3D30%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%
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I have had to break it to fit, you will have to copy and paste it to the URL input field.

[Beebee]

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