Charles Ponzi, the famous Ponzi scheme, originated from him. Charles began to engage in investment fraud from 1920, constantly attracting new investors' money and paying them to previous investors. Early investors got huge investment returns, so they declared him an investment genius. As time goes by, more new investors will come with cash. At the same time, Charles took the money of these new investors and fled without a trace. About 40 thousand people were involved in the scam, and the amount of fraud was as high as150 thousand dollars. Even so, Ponzi ended up in prison.
Frank Abagnale Frank Abagnale, the prototype of the film Hide and Seek, once defrauded millions of dollars in many countries. In two years, he disguised as an American Pan Am pilot and enjoyed a scheduled flight around the world. Pretending to be a pediatrician for a few months; He also defrauded Harvard University for a law diploma, passed the bar exam, and got an excellent job in the Louisiana Department of Justice. He was arrested by the French police on 1969.
In addition, david hampton david hampton, an American black swindler, also made the famous film six degrees of separation. From then on, he became a celebrity by playing sidney poitier's son.
Another person who has to say is princess caraboo, who was originally the daughter of a shoemaker in a small town in England. She worked as a maid in many places, but she couldn't find a place to live. Finally, she used her imagination to create some strange languages and personal identities. At the same time, in the United States, France and Spain, she has been making a living by this kind of deception, but it seems that she is not very lucky. 1996 The film princess caraboo was adapted from this story.
2. In addition, there are famous tricks in history:
MLM fraud case: In 20 1 1 year, a pyramid scheme named "Women Empowering Women" became the focus of attention in major newspapers around the world. This fraud case swept across Britain, causing many British women to suffer huge losses. Because this scam encourages women to invest by paying membership fees, and promises to get a return of 24,000 pounds by investing 3,000 pounds. In addition, it also gets the contact information of their family and friends from its members. So many people lost 3000 Jin.
Serial letter: The initiator of the most famous serial letter in the world is Dave Ross. At the beginning of the 20th century, the first formatted serial letter was sent from the post office. The title of this letter is "making money quickly". The letter requires the recipient to send a certain amount of money to several names listed in the letter, and then copy the letter to other addresses. The serial letter promised that the result would be to make big money with small investment and earn 40 thousand pounds in 60 days. Although this scam is famous, no one knows whether Dave Ross really exists.
Close: Barlow's close scam is one of the most notorious scams in British history. In 1980s, Barokros Company absorbed 6,543,800+8,000 private investors' funds, and they all thought that there was no risk in investing in national debt. In fact, a large sum of money went into the private account of Peter Cross, the founder of the company. He used the money to buy private jets, luxury cars, luxury houses and luxury yachts and lived a luxurious life until it was exposed and imprisoned.