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Recently, Nigerian Internet scammers have been marked or cybercriminals. Honest business proposals are rejected by potential trading partners as soon as we find that the IP address comes from Nigeria.
In a country supposedly the happiest on earth, one of the most religious and filthy rich natural and human resources, with the average citizen really hurt every day to win honestly in most cases, a lounge, is a shock, but also an understandable complaint. Fraudulent emails or the origin of email can be easily identified through the Internet Protocol (IP). However, it takes two to tango. Rightly or wrongly, he said, Nigerians are on average Earthling – from the vagaries of the reality of a nanosecond pace world. But how came to be is another matter.
Nigeria Internet came too late. At the end of the year, 2000s and the end of the first 90. So little deception was the order of the day as in most countries, especially in the western world. Naples, Italy New York, USA, London, UK and many other places have stories to tell thieves and all that. Not much more was heard of cybercrime anywhere near the edges of any African country from cyber-activities were virtually nonexistent. No one drives a car of your dreams without having to buy and own.
Every story first reported cheating or against ships was never dramatis personae Nigeria or Africa, even, too. According to the chroniclers of this well-informed ignominious way of life, a scam or a confidence game (also known as bunko, against, Flim Flam, Gaffla, Grift, agitation, scam, system, scam or deceive) is an attempt to defraud a person or group to gain their trust. The victim is known under the brand name, which the trickster called a confidence man, thief, thief or crook, and his accomplices are known as partners.
prisoners to exploit the features of the humanities such as greed and dishonesty, and victims people from all walks of life scammer is a person who intentionally deceives another person usually for personal gain. In recent history there have been a number of offenders who actually have emphasized either accumulated wealth, or the ease with which he deceived the people.
Archivists staged a list of 10 of the Scammers most famous in recent history:
Frank Abagnale is a former check swindler, forger and impostor who, for five years in the 1960s, adopted a value of bad checks over $ 2.5 million in 26 countries. Their atrocities inspired by the shooting of the film to capture the recent successes of 'Me If You Can. "He began to carve niche fraud himself in his youth when he used the card from his father to buy auto parts Mobil then resell the service station for a lower price. The records do not realize that his father was the one who should pay the bill and when it was finally faces fraud, his mother sent him for four months in a correctional institution for minors.
After moving New York, Frank has lived solely on revenue from its corrupt activities. One of his most famous tricks was to print the number your account on bank deposits of fake votes so that when customers of the bank deposited the money was actually going to your account. When banks realized what had happened, Frank had $ 40,000 and the metro.
For nearly two years, Abagnale in the free world wanderers are displayed as a Pan Am pilot was able to abuse the professional courtesy to other airlines to provide free transport for competitors airline pilots, if they had to move to another city soon. Once it was captured from an aircraft about to leave, but he changed his costume to a doctor and worked as a medical supervisor for 11 months without being detected. Sometimes, he worked as a lawyer and a teacher.
It was finally taken in France and spent six months in prison there. After that, be extradited to Sweden and jailed for six months. After a successful escape, while traveling to the United States, was finally given 12 years imprisonment. He escaped from prison by posing as an undercover agent of the Bureau of Prisons. He was brought back New York and returned to prison. After to serve five years of his sentence, the U.S. federal government offers her freedom in exchange for aid the government against fraud and scams without pay.
Works currently Abagnale and Associates, a financial consulting firm and a multi-millionaire fraud.
2. Charles Ponzi [Date of Birth: 1882 Death: 1949]
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Ponzi, an Italian immigrant to the United States have become one of the most famous frauds in American history. Although many people do not know the name of Ponzi, Ponzi scheme is well known and continues to make money fast Internet standards. His early life is not fully known, as he felt inclined to do stories about it. What is known is that he spent a short time at the University of Rome and after the stall, took a boat to Boston, USA, where he reached in his pocket $ 2.50.
His early years the United States have been painful. He began working in a restaurant, but soon was drawn to play tricks with invoices and defrauding customers. Your next job was working at a bank in Canada, adapting to the Italian immigrants. His knowledge of the numbers has helped make great. Unfortunately, it turned out that the owner the bank was stealing money from the newly opened savings accounts to pay interest on interest-bearing accounts and to cover bad investments. The owner finally Bank Ponzi fled to Mexico and left without jobs. After writing a fraudulent check and spending a number of years in prison, Ponzi certain to enrich any price.
Once you have settled into life outside, postal reply coupons discovered through a letter sent from abroad. He realized that he could coupons to buy massively devalued foreign prices (because of price fixing after the war) and sell in the U.S. for a gain of 400%. It was a way arbitration and that it was legal. Ponzi friends began canvases and knowledge for the money – with the promise of a return of 50% or a doubling your money in 90 days. He began his own company, the Securities Exchange Company, to promote the system.
The word of this great investment is spread quickly and soon Ponzi was living in a luxury mansion. He brought in cash at a fantastic rate, but showed the simplest financial analysis was not making money, you lose quickly. For every dollar it took in, went deeper into debt. So much money continued to flow in, Ponzi would stay ahead of the final fall.
People soon become suspects and the press began to publish negative articles about him. Inevitably, people began to demand their money. Shortly thereafter, Federal agents raided his office and close. N value of the stamps has been found and all those who had invested their money in Ponzi lost every cent. It is likely that loss of tens of millions of dollars. Ponzi pleaded guilty to mail fraud and was sent to prison. After the release, was returned to jail to complete his sentence. Finally returned to Italy where he died in poverty in 1949.
3. Weil [Joseph Born: 1877 Died: 1975]
Joseph "The Yellow Kid" Weil was one of the most famous criminals of his time. During his career, is believed to have stolen more than $ 8 million. In his first job as a collector, he realized that his colleagues were collecting their debts, but keeping a small portion of the money for themselves. Weil started a protection racket – Offering not to disclose their activities in return for a small part of what they took.
He also used false oil deals, women, races fixed, and an endless list of other tricks to steal an increasingly gullible public. Could change its character to continue their daily earnings: one day he was Dr. Henri Reuel, a noted geologist who traveled around and told his guests that he was representative of a large oil company in their low liquidity they gave to "invest in fuel. The next day, was director of the Development Corporation of Elysium, promising land to innocent believers, while depriving them of the registration fee and abstract. Or a chemist par excellence who discovered how to copy dollar bills, with a promise to increase wealth should increase its bill then take the booty once the police arrived.
In his autobiography, Weil wrote:
"The desire to get something for nothing was too expensive for many people who have treated me and other thieves," says Weil. "But I found that this is how work. The average person, in my opinion, ninety-nine percent of the animals-one percent of men. Four Ninety-nine percent of the animals that cause problems very soon. But the one percent that human makes all our ills. When people learn – that doubt will – they can not get something for nothing, crime decreases and we live in greater harmony. "
4. (Count) Víctor Alegre [Date of Birth: 1890 Death: 1947]
Victor Lustig was recognized as the man who sold the Eiffel Tower. Born in Bohemia, but later moved to Paris, where he was able to with people on his frequent trips between Paris and New York. With its first show people a device could print $ 100 bills. The only problem, they say, is that you print a single bill every six hours. Many people paid him huge amounts of money (usually over $ 30,000) for the device. In fact, the device includes two real bills hidden $ 100 – Once you have a spit in the machine, produce only blank paper. At a time when buyers discovered this, Alegre is on track with your money.
In 1925, France was recovering from the war, the maintenance of the Eiffel Tower is an unbearable burden for the city of Paris. When Alegre read about it in a document arrived with his brilliant idea. After forging powers of government, invited six scrap metal dealers to a secret meeting in a hotel. He explained that the city could not afford afford to keep the tower and had to sell as scrap. He said that the secret of the meeting and all future reports due to the fact that the public can become anxiety to the idea of removing the tower.
Although it seems unlikely, when the tower was built it was supposed to be temporary, which occurred just 18 years after the date originally scheduled for removal of the tower. Alegre dealers took a limousine to visit the tower. A merchant, André Poisson was convinced that the story was legitimate and gave him the money. When he realized he had been deceived, he was ashamed to tell the police and Alegre escaped with the money. A month later, he returned to Paris to try the scam all over again. This time, it was reported to the police but escaped Alegre.
At one point, Lustig convinced Al Capone to invest $ 50,000 with him. Put the money in the vault and returned two months later, indicating that the operation had failed. Capone was so impressed by his honesty Alegre gave $ 5,000 for their efforts. In 1934, Alegre was convicted of counterfeiting. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 20 years in Alcatraz. In 1947, he died of pneumonia while in jail in Springfield, Missouri.
5. George Parker [Date Birth: 1870 Death: 1936]
Parker was one of the most audacious fraud of American history. He earned his living selling public places in New York for unsuspecting tourists. Her favorite sale was the Brooklyn Bridge, where it has sold twice a week for years. He convinced his marks could make a fortune through control access to the road. More than once the police had to remove the jumper from the unsuspecting buyers when they tried to erect toll barriers.
Other sites sold public including the original Madison Square Garden, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grant's Tomb and Statue of Liberty. George had many different methods for making sales. When he sold the tomb of Grant, who often have as little son-General. Even put a fake "office" to manage their real estate scams. He used forged documents to show that the impressive was the legal owner of any property sold.
Parker was convicted of fraud on three occasions. After his third December 17, 1928 conviction, was sentenced to life in Sing Sing. He has spent the past eight years of his life behind bars. It has been popular among the guards and prisoners who enjoyed hearing about his exploits. George is remembered as one of the most successful men in the history of the United States and one in the history of the most talented pranksters. His exploits are passed on the culture people, giving rise to expressions such as "and if you think I have a bridge to sell, "a popular form of expressing belief that someone is naive.
6. Smith soap [Date of Birth: 1860 Death: 1898]
Soapy Smith (born in Jefferson Randolph Smith) was an American artist and convicted gangster who had a major hand in the operations of crime organized in Denver, Colorado, Creede, Colorado, and Skagway in Alaska from 1879 to 1898. It is perhaps the most famous "Sure thing" bunko man of the Old West. At some point in late 1870 or early 1880, Smith began with a ruse to fool many Denver newspapers dubbed the package price of soap copy Swindle.
Jefferson will open its "guts and Keister (Featuring a tripod) on a busy street corner. Piling regular soap cakes in the Keister above described being asked. Speaking to the crowd of curious culture, took out his wallet and start packing paper money than a dollar a hundred dollars, about of a select group of bars. He then completed for each single rod wrapping paper around it to hide the money. Mixed packets of money wrapped in wrapped bars does not contain any money. He then sold the soap to the crowd for a dollar a cake.
A man planted in the crowd to buy a bar, tearing, and loudly proclaiming that he had won some money, waving around the eye. This action had the desired effect of promoting the sale of packages. Often, victims purchased several bars before the sale was concluded. In the midst of the sale, Smith would announce that the hundred-dollar bill was still on the stack, without buying it. Then, you auction soap pads are the highest bidders.
Thanks to the technical mastery of manipulation and sleight of hand, " soap bars wrapped in silver have been hidden and replaced by packages that do not hold cash. He said the only money "donated" to the members of what is known under the name Band of soap. "Soapy was ultimately killed by a group, he cheated in a card game.
7. Eduardo de Valfierno
Eduardo de Valfierno, who referred to himself as the Marquis (Marquess) was a man who allegedly orchestrated the theft of the Mona Lisa Argentina. Paid Valfierno several men to steal the artwork from the Louvre, including museum staff Vincenzo Perugia. On August 21, 1911 Perugia hidden behind the Mona Lisa under his coat and simply walked out the door.
Before the robbery took place, Valfierno commissioned art restorer and forger Yves Chaudron French six copies of the Mona Lisa. The forgeries were sent to different parts of the world prepares for the buyers, who had lined up. Valfierno knew that once the Mona Lisa was stolen would be more difficult to obtain copies of the customs of the past. After the captivity copies were delivered to buyers, each thinking he had the original been stolen by them. Because Valfierno just wanted to sell fake, not the original Mona Lisa to disappear and never contacted again after the crime of Perugia. Last Perugia was arrested for sale of the table and turned the Louvre in 1913.
8. James Hogue [Date of birth: 1959]
Hogue is a most famous impostor United States entered Princeton University by posing as a self-taught orphan. In 1986, Hogue enrolled in a Palo Alto Jay Mitchell Huntsman, an orphan of 16 Nevada age. It adopted the identity of a dead child. A local journalist explained his suspicion. In 1988, Hogue enrolled at Princeton University under the pseudonym of Indris Alexi Santana, a self-taught orphan from Utah. He admitted a one-year delay because he had been convicted of theft bicycle frames in Utah. Hogue alleged in his application I had slept out in the Grand Canyon, raising sheep and reading of the philosophers. He violated his parole to enter the classroom. For two years, Santana and was living as a member of the Athletics team. It has also been admitted to the Ivy Club.
In 1991, Hogue's true identity was exposed when a student Renee Pacheco School of Palo Alto, recognized him. He was arrested for defrauding the university for $ 30,000 in financial assistance and sentenced to three years' imprisonment with five years probation and 100 hours of community service.
On May 16, 1993 Hogue has made headlines again through its partnership with Harvard University. After lying about his identity once again, was able to take a job as a security guard at a museum on the campus of Harvard. A few months in office, museum officials realize that the gems were several presentations replaced economically wrong. Hogue Somerville Police seized his house and accused him of robbery to the tune of 50,000 dollars.
March 12, 2007 Hogue pleaded guilty to a single crime of theft over $ 15,000 in exchange for a sentence of imprisonment not exceeding 10 years, and the agreement of prosecutors to abandon the flight and other common criminal charges.
9. Robert Hendy-Freegard [Date of birth: 1971]
Robert Hendy-Freegard waiter is a British car salesman, a cheat and a fraud masquerading as an MI5 agent and fooled many people on the subway for fear of killed by the IRA. He met his victims on social occasions or as a customer at the bar or in a car dealership where he worked. It would reveal his "role" as a secret agent for MI5 and Special Branch of Scotland Yard who fight against the IRA. Won, borrow money and do his will. He demanded that they cut off all contact with family and friends through "loyalty tests" and living alone in poor condition. Attracted five women, saying he wanted to marry. Initially some of the victims refused to cooperate with the police because the police had warned would double agent or agents of MI5 to carry out another test of loyalty. "
Hendy-Freegard newlywed seduced PDA also has been taking care of their children. He said he was with MI5 and forced him to put it out with friends and family for fear that the IRA would kill him. Also took pictures of her naked and threatened to give her husband if she did not cooperate. She had to change his name and tell the officer of a unilateral act, having been sexually abused in childhood. Their loyalty tests including sleeping in Heathrow airport and park benches for several nights and pretending to be a Jehovah's Witness for his MI5 bosses are marry.
In 2002, Scotland Yard and the FBI organized a sting operation. First, the FBI began to take on your parents, the psychologist U.S.. His mother said Hendy-Freegard to hand over £ 10,000, but only in person. Hendy-Freegard met the mother at Heathrow airport, where police had stopped. He denied all the accusations and said they were part of a conspiracy against him and continued the story in the subsequent trial. On June 23, 2005, after to last an eight-month trial, Blackfriars Crown Court Robert Hendy-Freegard convicted of two counts of kidnapping, robbery of 10 and eight of deception. On September 6, 2005, was sentenced to life imprisonment. The police certainly have found all the victims. On April 25, 2007, the BBC reported that Robert Hendy-Freegard had appealed his removal conviction and won. This means that the life sentence is revoked, but will remain at nine years for other crimes. It could be free in late 2007.
10. Bernard Cornfeld [born: 1927 died: 1995]
Bernard Cornfeld was a prominent businessman and international financial investments sold mutual funds U.S.. Born in Turkey. When he moved to the United States, he worked first as a social worker, but became a seller of investment funds in 1950s. Despite suffering from a stutter, who had a natural gift for selling and when the father of a dead friend, the two use the insurance money 3000 dollars to acquire and operate an age and weight guessing booth at the fair in Coney Island.
In the 1960s, he formed his own mutual fund company Cornfeld sales, investors Overseas Services (IOS), which is incorporated outside the United States with funds in Canada and based in Geneva, Switzerland. While in Geneva offcially, the main offices of the IOS operating in Ferney-Voltaire, France, a short drive from the Swiss border in Geneva, was simply a way to avoid problems obtaining work permits for Switzerland many employees. During the next ten years, IOS raised more than $ 2,500,000,000, making a fortune Cornfeld staff of more than $ 100 million. Cornfeld itself is known for conspicuous consumption with sumptuous feasts. Socially, he was generous and jovial.
A group of employees IOS 300 complained to the Swiss authorities that Cornfeld and his co-founders of putting a portion of the proceeds from a share issue raised by workers in 1969. Consequently, was charged with fraud in 1973 by the Swiss authorities. When Cornfeld went to Geneva, the Swiss authorities arrested him. He served 11 months in prison in Switzerland before being released on bail on a bond of $ 600,000. He returned to Beverly Hills, who live less ostentatious in its early years. He developed an obsession with health foods and vitamins, left red meat and rarely drank alcohol. He suffered a stroke and died of a cerebral aneurysm February 27, 1995 in London, England.
The grandfather of all the thieves of history is Bernard Madoff, mastermind of the scam's biggest investment. This report from Reuters about his trial and conviction:
"Bernard Madoff was sentenced Monday to 150 years in prison – the maximum sentence the judge may give" extraordinary evil "crimes of Wall Street more largest and boldest of investment fraud.
It will:
"Investors Fleeced in the room applauded and cheered when the judge pronounced sentence.
Madoff, 71, passive, hands on her waist, showing no reaction when he heard the sentence of imprisonment for the rest of his life.
Former non-executive chairman of the Nasdaq stock market has been imprisoned in a cell in Manhattan since pleaded guilty to 11 charges including securities fraud, money laundering and perjury in March.
"Here, the message must be sent to Mr. Madoff crimes were extraordinarily bad," said U.S. District Judge Denny Chin of United States rejecting the defense for leniency, sentenced to 12 years. "Abuse of trust has been massive.
"I just did not feel that Mr. Madoff has done everything he could and said everything he knows. "
The manager of silver gray hair wearing his signature dark gray suit, shirt white tie instead of a combination of jail.
Sat back while disgraced financier Throughout the hour and a half hearing and that their victims called him a "beast", an "animal" and a bag of shit. "
He apologized for them, a turning point for 250 people in the room.
"I will live with this pain, this agony for the rest of my life," he said quietly. "I live in a state plagued know pain and suffering I have created. "
Madoff, who was accused of extraction of investors around the world and 65 billion U.S. dollars, said: "In my business, when you make a mistake trading, it is assumed that a failure of negotiation, accepted. My mistake was much more serious. I made a misjudgment. "
Caught by the financial crisis
Madoff arrest came in December, investors have been feeling the weight of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
The case has prompted widespread criticism of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which was accused of lack of red flags could have the curtain on its asset management.
We do not know where he will complete his sentence Madoff that prosecutors described as fraud in the world small investors and the rich, charities and financial institutions.
J. Chin statements heard harrowing nine victims of Madoff, some of whom said they had lost their life savings, have been forced to sell their homes or had to seek government help to buy food.
"Only I hope that his imprisonment is long enough to become his prison cell in his coffin, "said Michael Schwartz, 33, who said his family had stolen saving care for mentally disabled brother.
The White House said the judge had sent a strong signal to people handle the money of others.
"I think this message was heard loud and clear," said the spokesman, Robert Gibbs, President Barack Obama.
Madoff was arrested in December after his two sons told authorities he had confessed to his investment empire was a fraud.
Prosecutors have said Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities was 65 billion U.S. dollars in client accounts, weeks before his arrest, but the trustee in liquidation the company until far has been able to raise $ 1.2 billion in profit for investors.
With 170 billion U.S. $ flowed through the principle Madoff account for decades. Madoff symbolically sentenced to pay that amount as compensation.
If a statement allegedly sent much less Madoff to prison for life, Chin said he deserved the maximum, usually transmitted heads of organized crime.
"Fraud has been tremendous," the judge said.
A law professor said he was surprised by the sentence, but not sure that would be a deterrent.
"I think the mini-Madoff might think that what happened today has something to do with them, but I suspect that most of them do, "said Barnard College of William Jayne and Mary Williamsburg, Virginia.
Madoff lawyer said he had not made a decision on the appeal of the conviction.
Neither parent Madoff came to court. They have not attended one of his court appearances.
The judge said he had not received a single letter on behalf of Madoff, reflecting all good deeds or charity. "The absence of this support is important," said Chin.
Wife Ruth Madoff, 68, has not been charged with any crime, but has been vilified by investors disappointed, rejected by friends and pursued by the media. Breaking his long silence, said in a statement Monday that had been "betrayed and confused" by the fraud of her husband.
"From the moment I learned from my husband who had made a huge fraud, I had two thoughts – first, that so many people who rely on it would be ruined financially and emotionally, and secondly, that my life with man I have known for more than 50 years was more, "he said.
Madoff said he acted alone. The only other person is criminally external accountant.
Madoff brother, Peter, and his son, Mark and Andrew, were the executives of the brokerage unit of his office. They said they did not know or are involved in the management bent of the asset side.
Madoff and his wife have agreed to sell three properties and luxury goods and other valuables. Proceeds from disposals of assets will be distributed to defrauded investors.
Ruth Madoff will be left with 2.5 million, after the loss of any claim to $ 80 billion in assets, including at the penthouse in Manhattan couple.
Madoff said investors in the courtroom could not apologize, saying he has tried defeat their crimes, but "the harder I tried, over a hole dug for me, I said."
Investors said the apology left cold.
"There is something very pathological. There are always excuses for himself," said George Nierenberg, 57.
(Reporting by McCool Grant, Martha Graybow, Daniel Trotta, Mike Erman and Christine Kearney, editing by John Wallace, Toni Reinhold) "
Things scam on our collective nerves always that the proposals were not genuine business Look-In most foreign prospects once the IP address displays Nigeria: But one thing remains – victims of scams are greedy or naive and proportionate criminal minds 2 fall 4 such systems. The victim also nolens discretion in accepting the proposals to be rich quick, commits the crime as an unlikely (?) accomplice.
According to Wikipedia, "The first known use of the prisoners" term " in English was in 1849, has been used by the U.S. press during the trial of William Thompson of the United States. Thompson spoke with strangers until he asked if had the confidence to lend him their watches, after going to watch, was caught when the victim was recognized on the street.
The respected line Wikipedia further explains: "deceit typical exploit human qualities such as greed, dishonesty, vanity, honesty, compassion, credulity and ingenuity. The common factor is that the brand is based on good faith of the thief. Just as there is no typical profile of crooks, nor is it one of his victims. Virtually anyone can fall prey to fraudulent crimes.
Indeed, victims of investment fraud high yield can have a level of greed which exceeds caution and a willingness to believe what they want to believe. However, all fraud victims are greedy, risk-taking, self-deception people looking to make money fast. Not all fraud victims innocent, uneducated, or elderly. A brand selfish or dishonest may try to cheat on him fraud, only to discover that has been manipulated to lose from the beginning. It is a general principle of confidence tricks that there is a saying among con men that "can not cheat an honest man. "
Con artists often work with one or more accomplices called friends, who help manipulate the mark to accept the plan swindler. In a twist of confidence Traditionally, the brand is made to believe they will be able to earn money or other reward for doing a task. The accomplices may pretend to be foreign who have received the work done in the past.
Wikipedia is also his own world record known scammers, some of them have been referred to in paragraphs unprecedented, and it is clear that none of Nigeria or even Africa, for the case:
Notable fraudsters
Born in 18th century
Gregor MacGregor (1786-1845) – Scottish thief who tried to attract investment and settlers for a country Poyais nonexistent.
Born or active in the 19 to Centuri
Blong Lou (1849-1924) – Organized massive fraud Band in Denver 1900.
Helga the Brache (1817-1885)
Horace de Vere Cole (1881-1936)
Canada Bill Jones – player ship and a card sharp
Winners Alegre (1890-1947) – Born in Bohemia (now Czech Republic) and known as "the man who sold the Eiffel Tower.
George C. Parker (1870-1936) – the man U.S. sold With New York attractions for tourists.
Charles Ponzi (1882-1949) - "Ponzi scheme" is a rich "fast" fraud that bears his name.
Death Valley Scotty (1872-1954) a searcher, interpreter, and his staff, known for mining scams gold and hotels in Death Valley known as Scotty's Castle.
Soapy Smith (1860-1898) – leader of the gang confidence that operated in Denver, Colorado, Creede, Colorado, and Skagway, Alaska
William Thompson (Active 1840-1849) – U.S. criminal whose deceptions caused invented the term prisoners.
Joseph Weil (1875-1976) – one of the most famous American of his time thieves.
Cassie Chadwick (1857-1907) – Disappointed several banks of millions of U.S. dollars pretending to be an illegitimate daughter and heiress of Andrew Carnegie.
Born or active in the 20th century
Bernie Cornfeld (1927-1995) – led the service of investors foreigners, suspected to be a Ponzi scheme.
Richard Eaton (1937-1979) – The offender living owner and general manager of the factory Moo Moo Vedda dress and an associate of the Lucchese crime family.
David Hampton (1964-2003) – Source of inspiration for the game and movie Six degrees of separation
Konrad Kujau (1938-2000) – German forger of the alleged Hitler diaries.
Eduardo of Valfierno – No commemorative Argentina allegedly orchestrated the theft of the Mona Lisa in 1911.
Living people
Frank Abagnale (1948) – check forger and impostor United States, her autobiography, Catch Me If You Can, was making a movie.
Peter Foster (1962) – Australian thief with convictions and prison sentences of three continents for fraud and money laundering, known for slimming Bai Lin tea scam and property transactions with Cherie Blair.
Gerhartsreiter Karl Christian (1961) - Bavarian-born con man who, for nearly two decades, said a member of the wealthy Rockefeller family.
Robert Hendy-Freegard (1971) – Breton, who has kidnapped people who claim to be an agent of MI5 and the money defrauded.
James Arthur Hogue (1959) – USA impostor who became the most famous of the University Princeton posing as a self-taught orphan.
Clifford Irving (1930) – Writer, best known for a fake "autobiography entitled "Howard Hughes.
Samuel Israel III (1959) – the ex-Ran fraudulent hedge fund Bayou Group, faked suicide.
Bon Levi (1943) – Ron Aka Convention and Ronald Frederick. We can say con artist known as Australia, who tricked the Australian and U.S. citizens through business investment in the franchise scam. He was jailed in Australia and the United States.
Laurent Bernard Madoff (1938) - Former President U.S. on the Nasdaq Stock Market, who admitted running a world record 65 billion U.S. dollars Ponzi scheme. Under the direction of the hedge Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC until his arrest in 2008. In March 2009, pleaded guilty to 11 federal crimes.
Matt the Knife (1981) – born in card American Credit deceive and pickpocket who defrauded companies, casinos, and at least one of the Mafia crime family.
Barry Minkow (1967) – American businessman. As His company, ZZZZ, investors with an estimated cost of $ 100 million previously served seven years in prison fraud and other crimes.
Semyon Mogilevich (1946) – is a billionaire boss of organized crime and a scam artist and the U.S. Global believes European agencies federal law enforcement to be the "boss of bosses" of most unions in the Russian mafia in the world.
Lou Pearlman (1954) – American businessman and director of boy bands, sentenced to 25 years for the operation of an investment Ponzi scheme.
Casey Serin (1982) – Mortgage confessed con man who has become the "child" of the housing bubble.
Solomon Dwek (c.1973) and the Syrian Orthodox rabbi real estate investor from Deal, New Jersey, who pleaded guilty to bank fraud $ 50,000,000 PNC Bank.
Michael Sabo (1945) Best known for its history as a check forger shares and bonds. He became famous in the 1960s and what Throughout the 1990s as a liar "big" and appeared on national television, more than 100 aliases, and won millions.
With the foregoing, it is unreasonable to condemn the Nigerians for the inculturation of the crime world in the west, in almost all aspects of contemporary life. Westerns are in Nigeria and Africa houses all sorts of immoralities so foreign. People use three-piece suits in a warm climate and a bunch of criminals have recently started to use religion to achieve fooling their thought processes. Well, no surprise for your server as Jesus has already warned two millennia ago that "In recent days, many shall come from far wrong in my name." Now, we see many, and most of them are Nigerians. But why treated such ignominy?
As mentioned above, the Internet and mobile technologies have come to these shores in the late 90's. Before that, Western seducers continued to deceive people by various devices and has not been decried as Nigerians. Was cut into computer systems from viruses and other things unlucky against humanity. 95% of Nigerians have no access to Internet, but we have heard about Internet scams disconcerting given to the Nigerians.
Many of these emails are also sent to most of us (Nigerians), but ignore them without blinking.
For instance, appears a message saying you just won the lottery scam and blah, blah, blah. You know you've never played any game or trick. It's the greed and trying to reap where they did not sow. Or someone sends an email saying that someone died and left the money in a fictitious bank account and needs your help to get in yours. I would not buy this idea for a half-cent, because I'm not greedy. In my little research I found that these systems are actually scams, inherited from the Western world. It's like syndrome back to the sender. On the other hand, we hear these days Madoff of this world whose sole booty booty beat all the scam artists call Nigeria. 0.001% Nigerians Unlike most of the western world are actually involved in both. Its ability to send bulk mail millions at the touch of a button does not mean that a scammer from Nigeria provided that the singular fact Omar Faruk Abdulmutallab action on Christmas Day 2009 are not all terrorists or suicide bombers Nigerians.
The actual average Nigeria is working and strives daily to earn a living. The world most cases, think of the people and places that have never been as a representation what they get from their news sources.
My advice for fraud-phobia is simple: Do not try to enter a building through the windows when the door is completely open. Greed and selfishness is a sine qua non for being a scam victim.
My case yet.
PS
This testimony Nigeria was the real inboxes to me by a white American and a friend on Facebook:
March 15 at 14:54
Hello Henry – Please tell me the fans page. Yes, I know and understand that – it's a shame that some Nigerians have not seen are wrong and / assumtions ignorant about them. There are thieves and swindlers by all parties, and we pray for God's protection of these people wrong. I was used and cheated in person by people in real life, even then, most recently in Montana, and none of them have been Nigerians.
I used live in southern California and my son had a medical emergency. To pay for this I had to refinance the house My mother had just left me like she was dead. I called every mortgage company I could find. I lived in Orange County (I hated him could therefore not be of wicked people) and called the companies in Los Angeles and Ventura as well. Any companies I could find. I had just broke.
Finally, I have a joint Thousand Oaks, California. All of them had UK accent. They were the only company of thousands of people who would help me. To help me have confidence in me. Also were Christians. I shared with them the status of my son, and also that the Children's Services have threatened to take my children because I could not find a doctor I knew how to work with him – had / has a very rare disease (which is how we ended up in Montana).
They refiananced my house. I had a price $ 6000 a lawyer just to keep my child home. Henry was ridiculous that his problem was with the knee and his main complaint was that he was overweight. It was not life threatening anyway and I had already taken 10 different doctors and had the proof!
Then they refinanced again! They said they would not be easy with my bankruptcy and I in him a loan, which would have to find a private party. I begged them and told them my situation and what was happening with my son. It shared with me that they were Christians too.
Everyone in the office has been so good to me. All said they were praying for me and my children.
Finally sold the house to the surgeon I could find, who knows how to work my son is here in Montana.
On the way to California, passed by office. I wanted to personally thank you for everything you did for us. His confidence and kindness kept my family. They have been very loyal to their rates and the performance business.
I stopped and went, and was surprised how they were all from Africa, Nigeria. They had been educated in England. And the wife of the owner until date remains the most beautiful woman in Africa I have never seen in my life. Nigeria tradtitional wearing clothes.
Henry, these people were my angels on earth. My parents have passed from cancer, my brother was a drug addict (which is clean and has found the Lord, praise be to God), my husband ran a homeless man is on a train (true story) and his family, who were rich, I do not care if my children were alive or dead.
These Nigerians saved my family – my children – the most precious thing on the face of this earth for me. Never, never, never forget what they have done for me and my children. I thank God for them.
In addition, I met wonderful people of Nigeria here in Facebook.
Thanks for listening history. God bless!
Sincerely,
(Identity withheld)
About the Author
Born on November 24 1965 in Lagos, Nigeria. Graduated with a B.Sc (Honours) degree in Psychology from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria in 1991. Has had stints in management and construction. Currently involved in Oil and Gas Consultancy
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