My dog cons me on the regular. He woofs to go out in the garden, steps outside and as soon as my back is turned on him, comes straight back in and goes to where his treats are kept (guess how we trained him to go out for a pee in the first place. He wasn't a puppy when we got him - he's an ex-racing greyhound - and that usually means more effort is required to train. To be fair, he's very clean). Given that he stands as tall as my waist and that the kitchen is a galley one, so it's quite narrow, he can put himself in my way and it's a job to get past him without giving in and giving the treat. Unfortunately, he's very picky, so we have to offer him a selection of treats for him to choose from. If he knows, or even thinks, that there are sausages in the fridge (we had to find the perfect medicine dispenser after he'd had a nasty injury, and you can put liquid inside a banger) he'll refuse all other treats! For a dog who's mostly as thick as a brick, he's definitely got the hound treat-scheming gene! That's why I insist that greys are cats in a dog suit!
Fun fact about L.W. Wright: they’ve found him! A NASCAR podcast (The Scene Vault Podcast) got to interview him last year. He’s an old man now, and actually just got arrested for theft.
There is a guy who did the same stunt. He jumped from an airplane at the altitudes and speed D.B. did with bags full of fake money. He proved it could be done.
Anna Delvey's cons were what I was thinking as well. And I will not say DB Cooper... You've been told enough. LOL.😊 Love your channel and uploads as always :)🥰
@@list25 Funny thing about this: I was commenting on another video of a guy who does horse hoof restorations. The Ferrier is his YT handle. This video started autoplaying when I hit the send button for my comment on his video. That explains why he didn't reply. 😅
I don't think I've ever fallen for a scam or con, but I get at least three scam calls a day. Instead of blocking them, I take the opportunity to screw with them and make them question their life choices. I couldn't block them even if I wanted to anyway, since they spoof their numbers, meaning their calls are always rotted through random phone numbers that either don't work or are connected to someone else just minding their own business.
He’s still out there working his scams, and continues his claims of fake psychic powers, and other non-existence skills. He’s nothing but a glorified sleight-of-hand artist. I think he even had a brief write up in The NY Times, which appeared to be some type of sponsored content (meaning he paid for a promotional article about himself.)
. Didn't exactly expose him, but with the help of James Randi stopped him from conning the audience. Uri claimed he didn't "feel strong" that night. Johnny was an amateur magician himself, so he kinda knew how Geller did it.
One thing I don't get is if his story was such BS, then how did he manage to spend years advising the FBI (& lecturing at the FBI Academy)? In the early years, he could have only been speaking from experience as a conman, or the FBI would have figured it out. Note that he was not an employee or regularly scheduled contractor of the FBI. Also, It is known/highly suspected by the FBI that he at least spent some time in the cockpit/jumpseat of an airliner. There were things you couldn't pick up from manuals, a quick 2-minute visit to the cockpit, or a visit to the airline simulator. Exactly how, remains unclear. This isn't to say he didn't exaggerate parts of his life story, but I doubt it's as false as some people now claim. As I recall, his son retired as an FBI agent a few years ago.
@@neuropilot7310 , exactly. I have little doubt some of the movie and the book were exaggerated, but of some of the basic facts hadn't checked out.. Johnny Carson would have called him out on live television when he was on the show.
10:00 I think Homes actually thought she could pull this off originally. She was arrogant enough to believe if she was persistent and got the right people together, they could somehow just "solve" the problem. However, somewhere along the way she realized it wasn't possible but didn't want to admit that failure so she decided it was better to just scam people rather than saying "it can't be done" after spending all that time saying it could.
To be fair in regards to #22, the price of diamonds themselves is a massive con in and of itself, because one company (De Beers Diamond Company) has held a total monopoly over them for so long, they would most likely be far cheaper if they were unable to hold the monopoly for as long as they did. They once had roughly 85% of the world's diamond supply in their possession, effectively manipulating market prices, they now only hold roughly 20% of all diamonds on Earth.
The only decent thing that scammers provide is an example of how it's not just stalkers that need restraining! Also, what about the Church for cancer patients with this "miracle cure" or the Cryptocurrency Scam Queen?
Not been conned, but a few scammers have tried. Speaking of which, have you done a video on scams? The Nigerian Prince, prizes you might have won, stuff being sent to you, ...
D.B. Cooper was a mistake in the reporting of the high jacker's false name made by one of the wire services. The actual false name he used when buying the ticket was Dan Cooper.
I think most people believe that Elizabeth Holmes didn't go out of her way to scam people. From what I read, it sounds like she genuinely thought her idea could work if she worked out the kinks. A lot of her actions sound more like stalling for time than intentionally screwing over investors, mixed with getting a little *too* into the "fake it if you make it" attitude of Silicon Valley (I mean, her idol *was* Steve Jobs, after all).
Actually it was just D Cooper. And that was a false name most likely derived from the Canadian comic book adventuring pilot Dan Cooper. The d.b. Cooper was added by an overzealous news reporter.
I miss the sweater vest and tie. Cool shirt though. My Boston Bruins are at 55 wins. See your Tampa Bay Lightning in the playoffs maybe. Good luck regardless brother. You should do some type of List 25 for hockey someday...
Dali's con was signing his name to hundreds of blank sheets paper, to be used for limited edition prints in the future. Meaning that the numbered duplicate "fake prints" were being forged by his own studio assistants, whenever he needed money.
Biggest cons.....some of, if not most of many politicians' promises. 😁 Many offers that used to appear in small ads in newspapers were cons. Now that sort of stuff is online now. If the price seems to good to be true, it probably is.
In 1824 there was supposedly a con, really more an elaborate prank, that said the uneven weight on it was causing part of Manhattan, near the Battery, to sink. So there was a project to saw the southern section off, tow it out, turn it around, and reattach it, stabilizing the island. I don't know how you reattach two parts of an island, duct tspe wasn't invdnted until 1943.
I've had people try to run coms om by email, line and FB. They haven't worked yet. I have sourse that keep me on the straight and narrow. Some of those have been through CRA. didn't work.
In Ocean’s 8 one of the necklaces on the mannequins and subsequently stolen is the necklace from the Necklace Affair I think putting an entire country into Revolution should push the Necklace Affair into the top 5 if not the top 2 or 3
I feel like that DW is DarkWing Duck, Let's get Dangerous! But you wanted D.B.Cooper. Cagliostro did it right, keep switching things up so no one has time to catch on in a time when communication took a long time.
The first time I heard Elizabeth Holmes speak I knew she was lying. She deepens her voice to be taken more seriously compared to actual bio engineers who are generally shy, reserved and focused on their work. She was addicted to the spotlight and it got her in the end.
the answer to who jumped out of the plane with a ton of money the answer is d.b. Cooper I don't know if you figure that out cuz I'm only five minutes into the video but just saying
D.B. Cooper not DW 👍
I came in to say the same thing lol 👍
Yes is D B 😂 the joke didnt work hehe
D.B. Cooper wasn't even a real person. It was actually Loki.😜
You fell for it....and so did I. Great way to get the interaction push 😂
It wasn’t even really DB. He bought his ticket under the name Dan Cooper, the press incorrectly reported it as DB.
I never in my life thought I'd hear someone confuse DL Hugely and DB Cooper. Priceless. 🤣
Right?! One is a comedian,one hijacked a plane…and don’t forget actor D.B. Sweeney!
Hugley
DL Hugley DB Cooper and DW Arther’s sister jumped out of a plane
@@samo.g.4320 This sounds like the beginning of a terrible joke! 😆
@@susanrobinson910 or perhaps one of the best ever
Great episode, nice to have you back.
It's good to be back!
CONgrats on your return, and please CON-tinue this channel
My dog cons me on the regular. He woofs to go out in the garden, steps outside and as soon as my back is turned on him, comes straight back in and goes to where his treats are kept (guess how we trained him to go out for a pee in the first place. He wasn't a puppy when we got him - he's an ex-racing greyhound - and that usually means more effort is required to train. To be fair, he's very clean).
Given that he stands as tall as my waist and that the kitchen is a galley one, so it's quite narrow, he can put himself in my way and it's a job to get past him without giving in and giving the treat. Unfortunately, he's very picky, so we have to offer him a selection of treats for him to choose from. If he knows, or even thinks, that there are sausages in the fridge (we had to find the perfect medicine dispenser after he'd had a nasty injury, and you can put liquid inside a banger) he'll refuse all other treats!
For a dog who's mostly as thick as a brick, he's definitely got the hound treat-scheming gene! That's why I insist that greys are cats in a dog suit!
That’s hilarious!
He has YOU trained & he has trained you well! A message to your dog: Good boi!
Same 😅
So cute! 😊
"If they think I'm thick as a brick, I can pretty much do what I want...AND get treats!"
Fun fact about L.W. Wright: they’ve found him! A NASCAR podcast (The Scene Vault Podcast) got to interview him last year. He’s an old man now, and actually just got arrested for theft.
Finally is better late than never love happy endings!!!
There is a guy who did the same stunt. He jumped from an airplane at the altitudes and speed D.B. did with bags full of fake money. He proved it could be done.
You had many I hadn’t heard before. Well done!
Anna Delvey's cons were what I was thinking as well. And I will not say DB Cooper... You've been told enough. LOL.😊 Love your channel and uploads as always :)🥰
I’m glad you guys are back!!
You are thinking of D.B. Cooper, Mike!
Haven't seen list 25 in many months, you've lost weight, congrats! Live long! Appreciate the content.
Ahhh! It's so nice to hear you, Jake!
What a beautiful restoration! The tune made the finish feel super rustic!
Have a great weekend!
Who's Jake?
@@list25 I was wondering the same. Maybe a typo 🤷🏻♀️
@@list25
Funny thing about this: I was commenting on another video of a guy who does horse hoof restorations. The Ferrier is his YT handle.
This video started autoplaying when I hit the send button for my comment on his video. That explains why he didn't reply. 😅
Great video, as always
I don't think I've ever fallen for a scam or con, but I get at least three scam calls a day. Instead of blocking them, I take the opportunity to screw with them and make them question their life choices.
I couldn't block them even if I wanted to anyway, since they spoof their numbers, meaning their calls are always rotted through random phone numbers that either don't work or are connected to someone else just minding their own business.
Hi Catguy, I like cats but meow @ catguys
That aside, what do you do that gets them playing you? How do they get your number? Mercy
I imagine Acme Ball of Yarn company
I kept yelling DB Cooper at my phone listening to this.
Yeah his 😂joke didnt work hehe
Lmao me to hoping he just might hear me😂
You forgot the Psychic Surgery con and Uri Geller's spoon bending, in fact there are a lot of so called supernatural cons.
Yes Uri lied everybody I remember saw him in a video showing his supposed bending spoons in a car hehe
Didn’t Johnny Carson expose Geller as a con man when he went on The Tonight Show as a guest?
He’s still out there working his scams, and continues his claims of fake psychic powers, and other non-existence skills. He’s nothing but a glorified sleight-of-hand artist.
I think he even had a brief write up in The NY Times, which appeared to be some type of sponsored content (meaning he paid for a promotional article about himself.)
. Didn't exactly expose him, but with the help of James Randi stopped him from conning the audience.
Uri claimed he didn't "feel strong" that night.
Johnny was an amateur magician himself, so he kinda knew how Geller did it.
All psychics and mediums are fake.
Looking good, Mike!
The Salvador Dali one is hilarious. 😆
Yoko was probably high.
The end is great. Quick witted gotta say. Worth waiting for.
I always enjoy your content Mike.
Frank Abengale may be a con artist.. but he is the reason that it is very hard to forge money these days.
One thing I don't get is if his story was such BS, then how did he manage to spend years advising the FBI (& lecturing at the FBI Academy)? In the early years, he could have only been speaking from experience as a conman, or the FBI would have figured it out. Note that he was not an employee or regularly scheduled contractor of the FBI.
Also, It is known/highly suspected by the FBI that he at least spent some time in the cockpit/jumpseat of an airliner. There were things you couldn't pick up from manuals, a quick 2-minute visit to the cockpit, or a visit to the airline simulator. Exactly how, remains unclear.
This isn't to say he didn't exaggerate parts of his life story, but I doubt it's as false as some people now claim.
As I recall, his son retired as an FBI agent a few years ago.
@@neuropilot7310 , exactly. I have little doubt some of the movie and the book were exaggerated, but of some of the basic facts hadn't checked out.. Johnny Carson would have called him out on live television when he was on the show.
Dwd dark wing duck just kidding but I couldn't resist it really loves this one great content
Love the shirt!
Gracias!
at 5:03 Cooper you Troll!!!! Love You, You are so Awesome at what you do! Liked, commented and subscribed.
The Theranos and the fake bombs detector are the worst it cost lives and they grave a short sentence??!!! Thanks bro for your videos
Right! I was shocked too!
Yes! That shirt is perfect Mike! >_
Right?!
DB Cooper. Bailed out of an airliner
10:00 I think Homes actually thought she could pull this off originally. She was arrogant enough to believe if she was persistent and got the right people together, they could somehow just "solve" the problem.
However, somewhere along the way she realized it wasn't possible but didn't want to admit that failure so she decided it was better to just scam people rather than saying "it can't be done" after spending all that time saying it could.
Poor Waylon Jennings for falling for the nascar conman by sponsoring him.
Great CON tent!
DB Cooper is the person you are talking about.
To be fair in regards to #22, the price of diamonds themselves is a massive con in and of itself, because one company (De Beers Diamond Company) has held a total monopoly over them for so long, they would most likely be far cheaper if they were unable to hold the monopoly for as long as they did. They once had roughly 85% of the world's diamond supply in their possession, effectively manipulating market prices, they now only hold roughly 20% of all diamonds on Earth.
I think you are referring DB Cooper? Maybe?
Yup
I gave a thumbs up for the puns alone
It's DB Cooper.
How about the Covid con?
Wow!! It's D.B. Cooper
Great one. Fun! Aah humans 😔
Like your shirt..
Thank you!
The only decent thing that scammers provide is an example of how it's not just stalkers that need restraining! Also, what about the Church for cancer patients with this "miracle cure" or the Cryptocurrency Scam Queen?
Not been conned, but a few scammers have tried. Speaking of which, have you done a video on scams? The Nigerian Prince, prizes you might have won, stuff being sent to you, ...
D.B. Cooper was a mistake in the reporting of the high jacker's false name made by one of the wire services. The actual false name he used when buying the ticket was Dan Cooper.
I think most people believe that Elizabeth Holmes didn't go out of her way to scam people. From what I read, it sounds like she genuinely thought her idea could work if she worked out the kinks. A lot of her actions sound more like stalling for time than intentionally screwing over investors, mixed with getting a little *too* into the "fake it if you make it" attitude of Silicon Valley (I mean, her idol *was* Steve Jobs, after all).
Was Joseph Weil truly America’s greatest conman or merely the greatest that we’ve caught on to? We may never know…
Pilot here, D.B. Cooper
**screaming at the screen** D. B. COOPER
"Meow" is the only thing I scream at screens
Good to c u.
Thanks Donald.
As others have pointed out, it's D. B. Cooper you were trying to think about, but turns out that was a con by Loki because he lost a bet to Thor.
the one you was trying to remember mike is D.B.Cooper
So gorgeous ❤❤❤
It’s refreshing that you seem real and totally hilarious lol
Thank you so much. Yeah, this is me. LoL How I am on camera is how I am in real life.
Actually it was just D Cooper. And that was a false name most likely derived from the Canadian comic book adventuring pilot Dan Cooper. The d.b. Cooper was added by an overzealous news reporter.
D.B Cooper, not D.W.
5:07 D. W. COOPER - airliner highjacker who parachuted to vanishment with the ransom demand.
I miss the sweater vest and tie.
Cool shirt though.
My Boston Bruins are at 55 wins.
See your Tampa Bay Lightning in the playoffs maybe.
Good luck regardless brother.
You should do some type of List 25 for hockey someday...
Medof even stole money from his own daughter
Dali's con was signing his name to hundreds of blank sheets paper, to be used for limited edition prints in the future.
Meaning that the numbered duplicate "fake prints" were being forged by his own studio assistants, whenever he needed money.
Yes D.B cooper
Yup, DB Cooper!!! Just like the song says
There is an amazing movie called "affair of a necklace ". Based on the theft of the hopefull royal jewels. I highly recommend the movie....I own it❤
DB Cooper is the famous skydiving theif, D.W. Washburn was a song by The Monkees
D.B. Cooper jumped out of the plane.
Biggest cons.....some of, if not most of many politicians' promises. 😁
Many offers that used to appear in small ads in newspapers were cons. Now that sort of stuff is online now. If the price seems to good to be true, it probably is.
In 1824 there was supposedly a con, really more an elaborate prank, that said the uneven weight on it was causing part of Manhattan, near the Battery, to sink. So there was a project to saw the southern section off, tow it out, turn it around, and reattach it, stabilizing the island.
I don't know how you reattach two parts of an island, duct tspe wasn't invdnted until 1943.
You left out Religion!
D. H. Cooper. I remember when it was first reported, eons ago.
I've had people try to run coms om by email, line and FB. They haven't worked yet. I have sourse that keep me on the straight and narrow. Some of those have been through CRA. didn't work.
How could anyone keep up with 50 different aliases?
D.B.Cooper
DB Cooper 😎
When did Mike come back?
September lol
Dan B Cooper also known as D B Cooper.
i know a friend of a friend that took a large bank for around 120k in a bearer bond scam. i was told they said it was easy
The guy's name is d.b. Cooper
D.B. Cooper.
DW is DarkWing Duck. Lol
it was Loki as D.B. Cooper
It looks as though you missed my top two: government & religion. I guess they could have their own shows though.
The Eiffel tower con was somewhat believable as the tower was only supposed to be tempory
It was DB Cooper, my brother. There is no DW in that one.
You look great
Mike reminds me of a Tedy Bear
S.S. 'nuff said.
You're trying to come up with DB Cooper. DW Hughley is a comedian.
Sorry. DL Hughley
It's D.B. Cooper.
Canada!
D.B Cooper my man
DB Cooper
Not to be confused with the raccoon of a similar name :)
What she said.... 😮
In Ocean’s 8 one of the necklaces on the mannequins and subsequently stolen is the necklace from the Necklace Affair
I think putting an entire country into Revolution should push the Necklace Affair into the top 5 if not the top 2 or 3
Let's not forget that Kaiser the footballer once avoided playing a game by getting himself sent off before the match had started
Here's another football related con you all might be interested in; Google the name Ali Dia.
How about the worlds smallest skyscraper ?
I fell victim to the apartment con, as I desperately needed to leave my home.
D.B. Cooper is the name
I love Salvador Dalí 😂 🤘🏼
D. B. something, I think.
I'm sure somebody else is already but it was DB Cooper that jumped out of the plane with all the money
I feel like that DW is DarkWing Duck, Let's get Dangerous!
But you wanted D.B.Cooper.
Cagliostro did it right, keep switching things up so no one has time to catch on in a time when communication took a long time.
it was d.b. cooper
DB Cooper. I know this because of Without A Paddle.
I think there was a movie about Therenos.
The first time I heard Elizabeth Holmes speak I knew she was lying. She deepens her voice to be taken more seriously compared to actual bio engineers who are generally shy, reserved and focused on their work. She was addicted to the spotlight and it got her in the end.
the answer to who jumped out of the plane with a ton of money the answer is d.b. Cooper I don't know if you figure that out cuz I'm only five minutes into the video but just saying