Maria Duval C/o Destiny Research Center Fake, unreliable, fortune hunters, psychic who pray on the lonely desprite unfortunate people in this bad economy. Sparks Nevada

WHEN I HAVE THE MONEY, I BUY THE TABLOIDS LIKE THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER AND THE GLOBE JUST FOR A THE PUZZLES AND THE PHOTOGRAPHY AND JUST FOR A SMALL ESCAPE FROM MY PROBLEMS. LIKE A MINI VACATION

I USED TO SEE HUGE FULL PAGE ADS AND ONCE I THINK I SAW WHAT WE IN THE NEWSPAPER BUSINESS USED TO CALL A DOUBLE TRUCK AD --THAT MEANS AN AD THAT EXTENDS FOR TWO WHOLE PAGES SIDE BY SIDE TO MAKE ONE BIG AD.

WOW! I WAS IMPRESSED AND I WANTED TO WRITE TO HER ( BECAUSE I BOUGHT THE TABLOID ANYWAY TO GET AWAY FROM MY TROUBLES AND WORRIES ANYWAY) AND SEE WHAT SHE SAID THE FUTURE HAD IN STORE FOR ME. AND SHE WAS ASKING FOR INFORMATION SO SHE COULD CAST A HOROSCOPE FOR ME AND SHE ALSO HAD A SMALL QUESTIONNAIRE ABOUT WHAT I WANTED THE MOST.

HMMM.

IF SHE REALLY WAS PSYCHIC WOULDN'T SHE KNOW WHAT I WANTED MOST THAN ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WORLD?

AND ABOUT THIS INFORMATION CONCERNING THE HOROSCOPE --SHE NEEDS MY FULL NAME AND DATE OF BIRTH AND PLACE OF BIRTH --ISN'T THAT THE SAME KIND OF INFORMATION THAT SOMEONE WOULD NEED IF THEY WERE GOING TO STEAL MY IDENTITY?

SHE IS NOT A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF ASTROLOGERS AND HAS NO CLIENT-ASTROLOGER PRIVILEGE OR EVEN AN ETHICAL PLEDGE TO KEEP THIS INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL. SHE WASN'T EVEN IN THE USA AT THE TIME SO ANY HOPE OF ETHICS OR CONFIDENTIALITY IS NON-EXISTENT. WHICH MEANS SHE COULD SELL MY INFO TO ANYBODY WITH THE MOST MONEY TO PAY FOR IT.

AND HOW DO I EVEN KNOW THAT SHE IS A REAL PERSON AND NOT A WHOLE LOT OF MOBSTERS OR RAGHEAD OLD SCHOOL GYPSIES TRYING TO SCAM INFO FROM PEOPLE?

THAT OLD BROAD IN THE PHOTO COULD BE ANYBODY. AND THERE ARE GENERATIONS OF CON ARTISTS WHO HAVE A DIFFERENT NAME FOR EVERY COUNTRY IN WHICH THEY DO BUSINESS -- FAKE AND RIP OFF BUSINESS.

SO I ADMIT, I ALMOST FELL FOR IT.

NOT BECAUSE IT WAS IN PRINT BUT BECAUSE I WAS TIRED OF THE SAME OLD WORRY AND EMPLOYMENT AND FINANCIAL INSECURITY EVERY DAY.

SHE CAME d**n CLOSE TO FOOLING ME ONLY I DIDN'T SEND THE INFORMATION TO HER. OR WHOEVER IS CLAIMING TO BE HER.

GOOD THING I DIDN'T SEND IT BECAUSE IF SHE REALLY IS UNDER INDICTMENT OR ON THE RUN FROM EUROPEAN AUTHORITIES AND SHE IS NOW HERE IN VEGAS, WHERE ALL THE OTHER RIP OFF ARTISTS SEEM TO GRAVITATE, THEN IT EXPLAINS WHY HER ADS STOPPED BEING IN THE TABLOIDS. THAT ADVERTISING IS NOT CHEAP SO SHE MUST HAVE REALLY BEEN RAKING IN THE BUCKS FROM THE STUPID, UNWARY, SUPERSTITIOUS AND GULLIBLE.

YOU ALMOST GOT ME, MS. WHATEVER THE ****YOUR REAL NAME IS.

OBVIOUSLY A FAKE...

SIGH, ANOTHER CON ARTIST IN VEGAS...WHOEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT IT?