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Johnathan Walton is the host of the podcast "Queen of the Con: The Irish Heiress" and is a vigilante who hunts down con artists.The first con artist Walton put in jail was Marianne Smyth aka Mair Smyth aka Marianne Clark, [1] who scammed hundreds of thousands of dollars from 43 victims, including Walton himself, [2] in the United States and Europe, using an elaborate series of confidence tricks.
Gregor MacGregor (1786–1845): Scottish con man who tried to attract investment and settlers for the non-existent country of "Poyais". [2]Jeanne of Valois-Saint-Rémy (1756–1791): Chief conspirator in the Affair of the Diamond Necklace, which further tarnished the French royal family's already-poor reputation and, along with other causes, eventually led to the French Revolution.
Lancaster presented at skeptic conferences including The Amazing Meeting (TAM) in 2006, [12] 2007, 2008 [13] and 2009. He has been interviewed on The Paul Harris Show, [8] Penn Radio, [4] The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe, [14] Beyond Reality Radio [15] and The Paracast. [9] Lancaster with James Randi receiving the Citizen Skeptic Award, July ...
People who are going through life transitions become more emotionally vulnerable and con artists can spot that." These can be negative: The victim can be experiencing the sadness of a divorce ...
Victor Lustig (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪktoːɐ̯ ˈlʊstɪç]; January 4, 1890 – March 11, 1947) [1] [2] was a con artist from Austria-Hungary, who undertook a criminal career that involved conducting scams across Europe and the United States during the early 20th century.
William Thompson was an American criminal and con artist whose deceptions probably caused the term confidence man to be coined. [1] Operating in New York City in the late 1840s, a genteelly dressed Thompson would approach an upper-class mark, pretending they knew each other, and begin a brief conversation. After initially gaining the mark's ...
David Hampton (April 28, 1964 – July 18, 2003) was an American con artist and robber who became famous in the 1980s after he convinced a group of wealthy Manhattanites to give him money, food, and shelter under the pretense that he was the son of Sidney Poitier.
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