Ten Famous and Most Brazen Con Artists in History
VIVA – Being a confident scammer takes a lot of brave, like looking someone in the eye, lying to them, and trying to earn someone's trust.
Scammers are usually able to trick their victims who are willing to spend a lot of money on these scammers. The scammers will get a lot of money from the results of their acts. As it turned out, many scammers disguised themselves as artists who dared to lie.
Here are ten of the most famous and most brazen con artists in history, as quoted from the toptenz.net page:
1. Frederic Bourdin (Pretended to be Children)
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Frederic Bourdin left a trail of fraud throughout Europe and in the United States. When he was 31 years old, he managed to convince school officials and students that he was a 15-year-old orphan. he said that he was mistreated for a whole month while she attended classes and tried to make friends with other people.
Bourdin managed to trick people into getting money from other children and other people around him. He says that he is a manipulator and he even has a tattoo on his arm that reads “Chameleon from Nantes” which is the name of the city where he grew up.
His deception in Spain, where he plays an orphan, ends when a school official happens to see a TV show about Bourdin and recognizes his face.
2. The First International Bank of Grenada
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In 1997, Van Brink purchased the license to open his bank in Grenada. He convinced the government by buying him citizenship that he was legitimate by claiming he had a giant ruby, complete with photos and a $20 million valuation.
The ruby ??does exist but it doesn't belong to him. Nonetheless, with another $26 billion in asset collateral, the bank was formed and within a year it had assets of US$14 billion.
