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Sad

I found "her" advertisement in a popular woman's magazine in a waiting room. I sent off for her magic talisman, once using my own address and again using my neighbor's address. We found that what was sent back was identical (that which was for me and that for my neighbor) as well as the follow-up reports which were supposedly about these two individuals (we gave false names). Of course, we didn't send out any money, but I know of people that have. It's sad when people get sucked into these things. --58.169.249.32 07:46, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, it's sad when people believe these things and send money (sometimes lots of money). Its really a gang of criminals trying to steal money from vulnerable people. That's why I created this article. Hopefully it will prevent some people from falling for their scam. Waninge 14:22, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

New advertising methods

I just found an advertisement in a booklet of coupons that was delivered (to everyone) in Switzerland. But their tactic seems to have changed. The advertisement was addresses only to people born between two specific dates (between 1932 and 1969 so still quite alot) and offered a free consultation as well as her 'famous talisman' and promised luck in the near future. It even said "Important: Don't send any money". I suspect they did that publicly for legal reasons and hope to (and sadly will) make money by directly advertising to those people. Does anyone think that tactic deserves to be mentioned in this article? Eifachoeppis (talk) 16:59, 1 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Epic fail

My sister showed me a recent unsolicited letter from "Maria Duval" to her husband that bemoaned his bad luck, especially with money. He'd had a successful career, a happy marriage with four children and ten grandchildren, and had never had serious money issuse. (Unlucky? As an airforce pilot he'd been flying in formation with two others whose wingtips had touched and crashed, leaving him the sole survivor.) She urged him to send her $NZ30 + $NZ10 p&p so that she would use her powers to choose winning lottery numbers for him, "while there's still time". Her powers had failed to tell her my brother-in-law died in 2004. --Hugh7 (talk) 07:18, 22 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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 I suspect they did that publicly for legal reasons and hope to (and sadly will) make money by directly advertising to those people. Does anyone think that tactic deserves to be mentioned in this article? [[User:Eifachoeppis|Eifachoeppis]] ([[User talk:Eifachoeppis|talk]]) 16:59, 1 February 2011 (UTC)
 ==Epic fail==
-My sister showed me a recent unsolicited letter from "Maria Duval" to her husband that bemoaned his bad luck, especially with money, and urged him to send her $NZ30 + $NZ10 p&p  so that she would use her powers to choose winning lottery numbers for him, "while there's still time". Her powers had failed to tell her my brother-in-law died in 2004. --[[User:Hugh7|Hugh7]] ([[User talk:Hugh7|talk]]) 07:18, 22 January 2012 (UTC)
+My sister showed me a recent unsolicited letter from "Maria Duval" to her husband that bemoaned his bad luck, especially with money. He'd had a successful career, a happy marriage with four children and ten grandchildren, and had never had serious money issuse. (Unlucky? As an airforce pilot he'd been flying in formation with two others whose wingtips had touched and crashed, leaving him the sole survivor.) She urged him to send her $NZ30 + $NZ10 p&p  so that she would use her powers to choose winning lottery numbers for him, "while there's still time". Her powers had failed to tell her my brother-in-law died in 2004. --[[User:Hugh7|Hugh7]] ([[User talk:Hugh7|talk]]) 07:18, 22 January 2012 (UTC)